HKMA David Li Kwok Po College explained

HKMA David Li Kwok Po College.
Native Name:	香港管理專業協會李國寶中學
Motto:	追求卓越
Motto Translation:	In Search of Excellence
Principal:	Elisa Wong
Teaching Staff:	74
Enrolment:	800
Campus Type:	Urban
Student Union:	Meliora
Colours:	Rainbow
Coordinates:	22.314°N 114.1637°W

HKMA David Li Kwok Po College is a band 1 directly subsidised (DSS) college in Hong Kong, using English as the primary medium of instruction.^[1]

Founded in 2000, HKMA David Li Kwok Po College^[2] provides biliterate, trilingual and multicultural education to learners in Hong Kong. As an English Medium of Instruction school, all school subjects are taught in English, except Chinese language and Chinese History, which is taught in Cantonese and Putonghua.

The college's team of teachers come from Anglophone countries such as Hong Kong, Canada, Malaysia, France, India and the UK. Since 2010, the College has maintained a ratio whereby more than 15% of their teaching staff has been recruited from outside of Hong Kong. Furthermore, 100% of its teaching staff possess recognized university degrees.

The Student Council

Opened in 2012, the College has set up a Student Council as a representative of the student body as a whole. The aims of the council are:

To develop a sense of belonging and a good practice of citizenship in students through the involvement and the organization of activities.
To reflect the opinions of our schoolmates to the school and enhance the relationship between teachers and the students.
To strive for the welfare of our schoolmates
To hold diversified internal school activities and encourage our schoolmates to participate.
To encourage our schoolmates to show concern about others in the society.
To enhance friendships among schoolmates
To act as role models to the students of the school.
To broaden the students horizons through joint school activities.

Extracurricular activities

In the 2022-2023 school year, the College offered more activities, including:

- Academic Clubs: Chinese Culture, English, Mathematics, Science, French Interest Clubs: Art, Board Game, Coding, Campus TV, Chess, Dance, Hiking, Home Economics Club, Japanese, Korean, Magic, Orienteering, Panda Cafe, Reading, Sky Teen Volunteer, 3D Modeling
Uniform Groups: Hong Kong Red Cross, Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps
Sports Clubs: Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Cheerleading, Football, Table Tennis, Volleyball
Music Items: Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Trumpet and Horn, Handchime, Euphonium & Tuba, Percussion, Acoustic Guitar

During holidays and school breaks, the College organizes overseas study tours (e.g. linguistic and cultural immersion experiences in the UK, Australia, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia, Germany, Japan, Canada, Taiwan, New Zealand, France and Mainland China).

The Hong Kong Management Association

Established in 1960, the Hong Kong Management Association (HKMA) is a non-profit making organisation whose core activity is professional education. The HKMA has been in service in Hong Kong for 50 years. With a membership of more than 13,000 executives, HKMA organises more than 2,000 programmes for more than 50,000 participants annually. Apart from adult education, the HKMA is also concerned with educating Hong Kong's younger population. HKMA David Li Kwok Po College opened in 2000, the second school founded and administered by the HKMA. Dr the Hon David K. P. Li GBM GBS JP, Chairman and Chief Executive of the Bank of East Asia Limited, is the past Chairman of the HKMA.

External links

Notes and References

http://www.hkma.org.hk/web_info.asp?info_no=108000001&ver_type=E HKMA’s Involvement in Secondary School Education
[List of secondary schools in Hong Kong#Yau Tsim Mong District]