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Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Li Ka Shing College

Coordinates: 22°29′33″N 114°08′35″E / 22.492625°N 114.142920°E / 22.492625; 114.142920
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Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Li Ka Shing College
東華三院李嘉誠中學
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Coordinates22°29′33″N 114°08′35″E / 22.492625°N 114.142920°E / 22.492625; 114.142920
Information
School typeAided Secondary school
MottoDiligence, Frugality, Loyalty and Faithfulness
(勤、儉、忠、信)
Established1982; 42 years ago (1982)
School districtNorth District
SupervisorLeung Ting-yu
PrincipalAu Man-so
Vice PrincipalsPang Chin-ching
Wong Pui-pui
Assistant PrincipalsWong Cheuk-ling
Wong Wing-hong
Faculty71
Years6
GenderCo-educational
Classes30
LanguageEnglish Medium Instruction
Campus sizeAbout 7,000 m2
HousesRed (勤), Yellow (儉), Blue (忠), Purple (信)
AffiliationTung Wah Group of Hospitals
Websitewww.twghlkss.edu.hk
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Li Ka Shing College
Traditional Chinese東華三院李嘉誠中學
Simplified Chinese东华三院李嘉诚中学
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDōnghuá Sānyuàn Lǐ Jiāchéng Zhōngxué
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingdung1 waa4 saam1 jyun2 lei5 gaa1 sing4 zung1 hok6

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Li Ka Shing College (Chinese: 東華三院李嘉誠中學) is an aided secondary school in Hong Kong, founded in 1982. It is the twelfth secondary school established by Tung Wah Group of Hospitals. The school is located in Cheung Wah Estate, Fanling.

Donor

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Li Ka-shing, renowned Hong Kong business magnate, investor and philanthropist, made significant donations to construct the school's campus in 1982 and upgrade the school's facilities, including air-conditioning system of the school hall, in 1997. In 2006, Li made another donation to build a new annex for the school and improve its facilities and equipment. Hence, the school was named after him.

List of principals

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Name Years in office
Wu Kwok-yin (胡國賢) 1982–1993
Chung Chiang-hon (叢蔣漢) 1993–2005
Leung Hok-po (梁學圃) 2005–2021
Au Man-so (歐文素) 2021-

House

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There are currently 4 houses.

Existing Eliminated
Red Orange
Yellow Brown
Blue Green
Purple Gray

The originally consisting 8 houses is merged into 4 in school year 2018–2019. The students in the eliminated houses in year 2017–2018 are now assigned to the corresponding houses shown on the table above.

Academic

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Subjects offered

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Junior Form

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The former principal, Mr CHUNG Chiang Hon, has started to offer English Literature and English Enrichment Programme and provide Media English in 2004 in order to put emphasis on English. Due to the Fine-tuning of Medium of Instruction for Secondary Schools starting from 2010, the medium of instruction in F.1 has been changed to English.

The subjects offered in F.1
Chinese as medium of instruction Mandarin, History, Liberal Studies, Music, Physical Education, Visual Arts, Civil Education
English as medium of instruction English Language, English Literature, Mathematics, Integrated Science, Geography, Computer Literacy, Home Economics, Design & Technology
The subjects offered in F.2 and F.3
Chinese as medium of instruction Chinese(Putonghua as a medium of instruction), Chinese History, History, Mathematics, Integrated Science, Economics, Geography,
Home Economics, Design & Technology, Music, Physical Education, Visual Arts, Civil Education, Putonghua
English as medium of instruction English Language, English Literature, Computer Literacy

Old Senior Secondary

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There were 5 classes each form in form 4 and form 5, namely, 1 Art stream class, 2 Commerce stream classes and 2 Science stream classes. Generally, students from A and E took 8 HKCEE subjects and those from B, C, D take 7. The last class of F.5 taking HKCEE ended in 2010.

4A/5A 4B/5B 4C/5C 4D/5D 4E/5E
Compulsory HKCEE subjects:Chinese, English, Mathematics
Compulsory non-HKCEE subjects:Physical Education, Civic Education, Integrated Art Education(F.4)
HKCEE subjects
Chinese History Physics
History Chemistry
Economics Principle of Accounts Biology
Geography            

                              

Additional Mathematics/
Computer & Information Technology
Computer & Information Technology/
Principle of Accounts(For Art student)/
Word Processing & Business Communication/
Biology/Chinese Literature/Economics(For Commerce student)/Putonghua/Visual Art
Computer & Information Technology(Students from D and those studying A.Maths in E)/
Economics/Principle of Accounts/
Word Processing & Business Communication/
Chinese Literature/Putonghua/Visual Art


There are 2 classes in each form in forms 6 and 7, namely, Art and Commerce class and Science class. Students can select 3AL, 2AL+2AS, 2AL+1AS as their HKALE subjects apart from Chinese Language and Culture and Use of English.

Art and Commerce Stream(6A/7A) Science Stream(6B/7B)
Compulsory HKALE subjects:Chinese Language and Culture(AS), Use of English(AS)
Compulsory non-HKALE subjects:Physical Education, Civlc Education, Integrated Art Education(F.6), Putonghua(F.6)
Compulsory HKALE subjects
Group Select 4 subjects among 3 groups
Only one subject is selected from each group
Group Select 1 subject from each group.
1 #Chinese History Economics A Pure Mathematics Biology
2 Chinese Literature Geography B Applied Mathematics Chemistry
3 #History Principle of Accounts C Physics *Mathematics & Statistics and/or
*Computer Application and/or
*Liberal Studies (1 to 2 subjects only)
4 *Liberal Studies *Mathematics & Statistics

*Advance Supplementary Level (AS) Subject
#Both Advance Supplementary Level (ASL) and Advance Level (AL) options offered
Note: Starting from 2007, students from Art and Commerce stream can take computer Application; those from Science stream can take 1 commerce subject.

New Senior Secondary(NSS) curriculum

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Starting from 2009, T.W.G.Hs Li Ka Shing College offers the new senior secondary course.

4A/5A/6A 4B/5B/6B 4C/5C/6C 4D/5D/6D 4E/5E/5F/6E
Compulsory HKDSE subjects:Chinese, English, Mathematics, Liberal Studies
Compulsory non-HKDSE subjects:Physical Education, Civic Education, Integrated Art Education(F.4-F.5)
HKDSE subjects
History Chinese History Business, Accounting and Financial Studies Biology Physics
Chinese History/ History/ Tourism and Hospitality Studies/ Geography/ Combined Science(Chemistry + Physics) Chemistry
Economics/ Chinese Literature/
Information and Communication Technology/
Business, Accounting and Financial Studies(Not for students in 4C/5C/6C)/
Biology(Not for students in 4D/5D/6D)/ Visual Art

Notable people

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  • Warwick Wan Wo Tat (2008–2011 District Councillor in North District Council)
  • Wallis Pang (Hong Kong actress)

Student Union

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  • 2021-2022 Unique (478 votes)
  • 2022-2023 Libra (301 votes)
  • 2023-2024 Sparkle (449 votes)
  • 2024-2025
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