Jockey Club Government Secondary School
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 達識應物 (Chinese "Insight and Harmony") |
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| Established | 1960 |
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| School Type | Government Secondary School, co-educational |
| Medium of instruction | English (1960-1997) ; Chinese (1998-Present) |
| Principal | Mr Hung Chun-may |
| Houses | Red House, Green House Blue House, Yellow House |
| No. of Students | Approximately 900 |
| Address | 2B, Oxford Road, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong |
| Website | http://www.jcgss.edu.hk |
Jockey Club Government Secondary School or JCGSS (Chinese language: 賽馬會官立中學) is a government funded full time secondary school in Oxford Road at Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. The school was formed in 1960 but classes were held in Perth Street Government School until 1961 when the current building was completed with the generous donation by the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club (now Hong Kong Jockey Club).
[edit] History
Jockey Club Government Secondary School was established in 1960 as Jockey Club Morden School (賽馬會實用中學). In the 1950's to 60's Hong Kong, 41% (according to census carried out by the Government) of the population were under age of 15. It was due to the mass migration of Chinese refugees arrived in Hong Kong after the civil war. It presented an education crisis to the Government because the number of existing schools was not enough to cater the need for the children. As a result, a lot of school was established in order to resolve the issue and JCGSS was one of them.
Due to the urgent need of education for large population, classes was temporally held in Perth Street Government School until 10th, October, 1961, when the current 3 storeys building complex was completed. The school was divided to Morning School and Afternoon School in order to provide maximum number of seats. Both schools provided 3 years education aimed at preparing students for direct entry into employment or for further vocational training. The school was named after the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club (now Hong Kong Jockey Club) which offered generous donation for the construction of the building.
In 1963, the school was expended to provide 5 years of secondary education and renamed to Jockey Club Government Secondary Technical School (賽馬會官立工業中學). In the next year, JCGSS became a full day school in order to offer better educational environment for students. In 1975, the school once again was expended, now including 7 years of full secondary education. The school renamed to Jockey Club Government Secondary School in 1997.
[edit] Principles
- Mr Tristan (Morning School); Mr S. K. Buse (Afternoon School) (1960-1963)
- Mr Barens (1963-1969)
- Mr H. J. Head (1969-1975)
- Mr Zeon-Hoi Sit (1975-1988)
- Mr Ping-tat Chan (1988-1992)
- Mr Ping-Jyun Chan (1992-1994)
- Mr Jin-Zan Wong(1994-1996)
- Mr Ye-Sau Yung (1996-1997)
- Mr Wen-Man Leung (Traditional Chinese: 梁喚民) (1997-2005)
- Mr Chun-may Hung (Traditional Chinese: 洪進美) (2005-present)
