Kowloon Technical School

Government technical secondary school

Kowloon Technical School
九龍工業學校

Location

332 - 334 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Information
Type| Government Technical Secondary School
Motto| "Thorough" 「貫徹始終」
Established| 11 September 1961; 63 years ago (1961-09-11)
Principal| Mr.Wong Kwok Fai
Enrollment| around 650
Houses| Halliwell (Red), Lau (Yellow), School (Blue), Cho (Green)
Information| (852) 2386 0737
Website| https://www.kts.edu.hk/
Kowloon Technical School

Traditional Chinese| 九龍工業學校
Simplified Chinese| 九龙工业学校
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Jiǔ​lóng Gōngyèxuéxiào
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping| gau2 lung4 gung1 jip6 hok6 haau6

Kowloon Technical School (Chinese: 九龍工業學校) is a technical secondary school founded by the Hong Kong Government in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong near Cheung Sha Wan station. The school motto is Thorough (貫徹始終).

## Structure

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The school is run as a government technical secondary school, emphasizing on Whole Person Education (全人教育). In addition to the typical secondary school curriculum, KTS enriches their students with a wide range of subjects including technical, commerce, civil education, and information technology. The list of elective subjects includes literature, science, social science, informational technology, and commerce. In the 2005-06 academic year, the school has a total of 29 classes. There are 5 classes each from Form 1 - 5 (7th - 11th grade), and 2 classes each from Form 6 - 7 (12th - 13th grade).

## Features

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Kowloon Technical School provides their students with a strong curriculum in science and technology. Together with the traditional science and technology education, students can learn advanced subjects ranging from information technology, graphic communications, to electronics.

General personal development is another area of emphasis. Students develop their skills and abilities through the study of a wide range of subjects including physical education, music, arts, civic education, general studies, etc.

## History

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Originally called Sham Shui Po Technical School, the school was founded on 11 September 1961. In 1964, it merged with Fuk Wah Secondary Modern School (福華街實用中學) and was renamed as Kowloon Technical School. As a result of the merger, the school became the largest secondary school in Hong Kong at the time. In the late 1960s and 1970s, Kowloon Technical School had more than 1900 students with 51 classes. However, due to rapid development of other areas in Kowloon, families have started to move to new areas away from Sham Shui Po. The student population has gradually reduced to around 1100.

In 1997, the Review of Prevocational and Secondary Technical Education proposed that technical schools change their name by removing the labelling terms. Kowloon Technical School was invited to change their name to Kowloon Government Secondary School (九龍官立中學). However, due to the strong objections from the school administration, the original name of the school was preserved.

In 1998, the teaching language was changed from English to Chinese. In 1999, the School Management Committee of Government Schools was founded.

## Notable alumni

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* Vincent Cheng – HSBC Asia Pacific President
* Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong – Secretary for Security from 2003 to 2012
* Albert Cheng – LegCo member
* Ka-Ki Kwok – LegCo member
* Ming-Yum Ng – former LegCo member (deceased)
* Anthony Wong Yiu-ming – singer
* Edward Yiu – LegCo member

## See also

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* Education in Hong Kong
* Lists of schools in Hong Kong

## External links

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* Official website

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Sham Shui Po District

Areas|

* Cheung Sha Wan
* Kowloon Tong (part)
* Lai Chi Kok
* Sham Shui Po
* Shek Kip Mei
* So Uk
* Yau Yat Chuen

Islands|

* Stonecutters Island

Landmarks|

* Caritas Medical Centre
* Cheung Sha Wan Plaza
* Dragon Centre
* Festival Walk
* Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park (CLOSED)
* Lai Chi Kok Hospital (CLOSED)
* Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum
* Mei Foo Sun Chuen
* Mei Ho House
* Nam Shan Estate
* Ngong Shuen Chau Naval Base
* North Kowloon Magistracy
* Parc Oasis
* Sham Shui Po Park
* So Uk Estate
* Woh Chai Shan
* Public housing estates in Cheung Sha Wan
* Public housing estates in Sham Shui Po
* Public housing estates in Shek Kip Mei
* Shek Kip Mei Estate

Transport|

| MTR stations|

* Cheung Sha Wan
* Kowloon Tong (part)
* Lai Chi Kok
* Mei Foo
* Nam Cheong
* Sham Shui Po
* Shek Kip Mei

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Education|

| Tertiary|

* City University of Hong Kong

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Primary and
secondary|

* Buddhist Tai Hung College
* Chan Shu Kui Memorial School
* Cheung Sha Wan Catholic Secondary School
* Holy Trinity College
* Kowloon Technical School
* Maryknoll Fathers' School
* Our Lady of the Rosary College
* Po Leung Kuk Choi Kai Yau School
* San Wui Commercial Society YMCA of Hong Kong Christian School
* St. Margaret's Co-educational English Secondary and Primary School
* Tack Ching Girls' Secondary School
* Tak Nga Secondary School
* The Church of Christ in China Ming Yin College
* Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Chang Ming Thien College
* Ying Wa College

History|

* Shek Kip Mei fire

This list is incomplete.

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