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Sir Ellis Kadoorie (S) Primary School
Sir Ellis Kadoorie (S) Primary School () is a government-operated public primary school in So Kon Po, Wan Chai District, Hong Kong. History Sir Ellis Kadoorie built the school to educate residents of South Asian origin. Kadoorie opened a school in 1891, in Sai Ying Poon. On 16 October 1916 the Ellis Kadoorie School for Indians was created by the Governor of Hong Kong. Its purpose was to educate children of South Asian descent. The school was initially a primary school only, and only for male children. The original building had two stories. Kadoorie School closed in World War II. It resumed operations on 11 February 1946; the majority of students were ethnic Chinese with relatively few of South Asian descent. Kadoorie School previously had separate shifts in the morning and afternoon. The ethnic Chinese attended afternoon shifts (P. M. School) while ethnic South Asians attended morning shifts (A. M. School). By 1953 there was an increase in the number of South Asian students. The H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HK Eastern Hospital Road 9 Sir Ellis Kadoorie Primary School
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. With 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Hong Kong is also a major global financial centre and one of the most developed cities in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842.. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898... British Hong Kong was occupied by Imperial Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II; British administration resumed after th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
