Shau Kei Wan Government Secondary School Explained

Shau Kei Wan Government Secondary School (SGSS)
Image Size:200px
Motto:VINCIT VERITAS
Streetaddress:42 Chai Wan Road,
Chai Wan Gap, Hong Kong
Principal Label:Principal
Enrollment:1128
Medium:English
Homepage:http://www.sgss.edu.hk/

Shau Kei Wan Government Secondary School (SGSS,) is a co-educational grammar school operated by the Government of Hong Kong in Hong Kong. Located in Chai Wan Gap, the school was founded in 1961 and its medium of instruction is English.

History

It was established in 1961.[1] It temporarily shared the building of Clementi Middle School in Fortress Hill. The current school campus on Chai Wan Road opened in the autumn of 1964.[2] The school building was designed by the Architectural Office of the former Public Works Department, and cost HK$2,707,200.[3]

During the 2019–20 protests, students of three neighbouring schools on Chai Wan Road – namely SGSS, Shau Kei Wan East Government Secondary School, and Salesian English School – organised a joint protest in support of a citywide strike in November 2019. They walked silently to school with protest banners, before chanting protest slogans such as "five demands, not one less!" and "Hong Kongers, revenge!", the latter a reference to the recent death of Chow Tsz-lok.[4]

In February 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, around 130 form six students and 10 staff members of Shau Kei Wan Government Secondary School were sent to quarantine after spending time in an examination hall with two students who were later found to be infected.[5] The incident prompted some Hong Kong educators to question whether schools should aim to fully reopen.[6]

Notable alumni

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shau Kei Wan Government Secondary School. Committee on Home-School Co-operation. 2019-05-26.
  2. Web site: School History . Shau Kei Wan Government Secondary School . 28 February 2021.
  3. Book: Wright . A.M.J. . Michael Wright (architect) . Annual Departmental Report by the Director of Public Works for the Financial Year 1964–65 . 1965 . Government Printer . Hong Kong . 106.
  4. News: Ma . Joanne . Hong Kong protests: Secondary students hold silent demonstration in solidarity with citywide strike . . 11 November 2019.
  5. News: Cheng . Selina . Covid-19: Hong Kong's Carrie Lam promises no lockdowns over Lunar New Year as latest lockdowns yield no cases . . 10 February 2021.
  6. News: Cheung . Jane . Schools say no to staff virus tests . . 10 February 2021.
  7. News: 【八方相當年】民主派「夾心人」趙家賢 係隱世色士風高手 . . 11 December 2017 . 28 February 2021 . 10 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201210032045/https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20171211/YJ3C7D4C7AHTY2JZB7HT26QKIA/ . dead .