Buddhist Sin Tak College () is a secondary school in

Kwai Chung Kwai Chung is an urban area within Tsuen Wan New Town in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Together with Tsing Yi Island, it is part of the Kwai Tsing District District of Hong Kong. It is also part of Tsuen Wan New Town. In 2000, it had a populat ...

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. It uses the English and Chinese languages as the media of instruction.

History

The school was established by the

Hong Kong Buddhist Association Hong Kong Buddhist Association () is a Buddhist umbrella organisation in Hong Kong which was founded in 1945. The association has nearly ten thousands individual members including both monastic and laity, and promotes the propagation of Buddhis ...

(HKBA), which applied to the Hong Kong government in June 1969 for a piece of land in Tsuen Wan upon which to build a school. The proposal was accepted in July 1969 by the former Education Department. Chairman of the

Hang Seng Bank Hang Seng Bank Limited () is a Hong Kong-based banking and financial services company with headquarters in Central, Hong Kong. It is one of Hong Kong's leading public companies in terms of market capitalisation and is part of the HSBC Group, ...

Ho Sin Hang Ho Sin Hang (; 1900 – 4 December 1997), also known as S. H. Ho and He Shanheng, was a Hong Kong entrepreneur, philanthropist and financier. He co-founded Hang Seng Bank in 1933, and served as its chairman. Ho also cofounded the Hang Chong I ...

, and his wife Madam Ho provided a donation toward the construction of the school. The school's name therefore incorporates characters from the Chinese names of the two donors ("sin", meaning kindness, and "tak", meaning virtue). A foundation stone for the new school was laid in February 1973 by HKBA president Kok Kwong, Ho Sin Hang, Madam Ho, and New Territories district commissioner Denis Bray. Classes began in September 1973.

School building

The six-storey school building has 39 teaching rooms. It is located opposite

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of the

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(MTR) system.

Faculty

As of 2021, the school employed 54 teachers. The principal is Ms. Chan Sai Wing.

References

External links

* {{official website, www.bstc.edu.hk 1973 establishments in Hong Kong Buddhist schools in Hong Kong Educational institutions established in 1973 Hong Kong Buddhist Association schools Kwai Chung