The Diocesan Boys' School (DBS) is a day and boarding

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boys' school in Hong Kong, located at 131 Argyle Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon near

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. The school's mission is "to provide a

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based on

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principles". Having run as a grant-aided school since it was founded, the school commenced operation in the

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in September 2003. It uses English as the medium of instruction.

History

The first foundation

In 1860, Mrs Lydia Smith (wife of the

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) and the Society for the Promotion of Female Education in the Far East (Also known as Female Education Society, or "FES") set up the

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, a day-school turned boarding school for native girls, affiliated with the Diocese of Victoria. As stated in its first annual report, the purpose of the school was "to introduce among a somewhat superior class of native females the blessings of Christianity and of religious training". The school sat on

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, a small concrete house on a

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. Lady Robinson (the Governor's wife) became the patron. The school had a difficult existence. The

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aroused strong anti-British sentiment and so it was very unpopular for Chinese girls to learn English. The school was closed and then reopened under the name "Diocesan Female School", but its finances did not improve. In 1868, Bishop Charles Alford took the school under his immediate superintendence.Featherstone, p.1

The second foundation

19th century

On 30 January 1869, in a bid to gain popular support, Bishop Alford issued an appeal to admit boys into the school and to turn it into an orphanage. The appeal was well received by the public. In September, the Diocesan Home and Orphanage, for boys and girls, both foreign and Chinese, was established. In July 1870, William Arthur, formerly of the Garrison School, was appointed as the headmaster and Mrs Arthur as the matron. In 1878, the school was placed in the

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scheme by the

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. In March 1878, Arthur resigned. Bishop Burdon proposed to stop admitting boys into the school and to bring it under the FES. In July, he withdrew his proposal following pressure from William Beswick, honorary treasurer of the DHO, although the Bishop still thought it inappropriate to have boys and girls boarding in the same school campus.Featherstone, p.48 On 1 November 1878, George Piercy, then master of the Government Central School, was appointed to be the new headmaster. Piercy focused on the students' academics, and the school attained satisfactory results in the

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and

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Local Examinations scholarships. On 31 May 1879, the school committee resolved to stop accepting girls as boarders. In 1891, the school was renamed the Diocesan School and Orphanage. In 1892, the remaining girls were transferred to Fairlea Girls' School (a forerunner of

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). The Diocesan School and Orphanage was transformed into a boys' school.

Early 20th century

In 1902, the school was renamed the Diocesan Boys' School and Orphanage. It is unclear when the school was renamed the Diocesan Boys' School, although the name was used as early as 1918. Rev. William Featherstone, headmaster from 1918 to 1931, introduced the prefects' system, a

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and Speech Day. He also moved the school from Bonham Road to a hill site in

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. Construction was completed in 1926. In February 1927, the British military authorities took the school for use as a hospital for one year. When

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broke out in

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in 1937, the school showed its support towards the

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. In January 1938, a

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club was organised under the permission of Rev. Christopher Sargent to raise funds for the Nationalist government. Boys went to schools around Hong Kong and polished shoes for teachers and students. In 1939, there was a school strike when a student with

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was appointed as

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. During the

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, most of the school staff, including then-headmaster Gerald Goodban, were imprisoned. The school building was transformed into a

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for

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s of the

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Post-war years

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surrendered in August 1945. The school remained under the control of the

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until November, when all the Japanese soldiers were captured. On 21 March 1946, J. L. YoungSaye, a senior teacher, got the school to run again.

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and B. J. Monks took up the post of acting headmaster successively. Goodban returned from England on 19 November 1947. Repairs started during the Christmas holidays. In 1949, Goodban introduced a new

in which houses were named after former headmasters, along with the Piercy Challenge Shield. In early 1950s, construction plans for a gymnasium, a Carnegie Hall (the old art room beside the demolished gymnasium) and a science wing were proposed. In 1955, Canon George Zimmern, also known as George She, was appointed the next headmaster, the first Hong Kong-born old boy to be given the role. As headmaster, Canon She welcomed students from poor households and affirmed the

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in school culture. Canon She also introduced the Garden Fête in 1955. It was decided that the primary classes should be dropped for lack of space and that a completely new primary school - Diocesan Preparatory School - would be built, although the decision was only implemented in 1969. James Lowcock became headmaster in 1961. Based on his previous experience in the school, he restructured the administration to improve efficiency and appointed more teachers to posts with designated duties. In 1983, Jacland Lai succeeded Mr. Lowcock as headmaster. A language laboratory and a demonstration room were built. The electrics and alarm installations were renovated, the school walls repainted, and the facilities were computerised throughout the school.

2000s

In 2002, Lai was succeeded by Terence Chang, an old boy and then-headmaster of

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. On 4 October 2002, the school committee proposed to join the

(DSS) with effect from September 2003. The application was accepted by the

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in March 2003. The DSS was fiercely debated within the School throughout 2002. Chang was highly in favour of joining the DSS, but some students and most teachers opposed the DSS because they were afraid it would shut out students from poorer families. Alumni on the whole were slightly inclined towards the DSS. The school claimed that parents were in favour, though its findings have since been criticised as biased. A primary school was built beside the secondary school campus. The project was financed by the government as part of the deal that saw the school join the DSS. The Diocesan Boys' School Primary Division (DBSPD) had its first, partial intake of students in 2004 and expanded its intake with students aged between 6 and 12 over the following years. In April 2012, Diocesan Boys' School became the first secondary school in Hong Kong to have a school app on

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and Android. In September 2012, Chang retired and Ronnie Kay Yen Cheng – an alumnus who had been the conductor of the school

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s – succeeded him as headmaster. In May 2020, the school became the world's No.1

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school, with an average mark of 42.

Heads and houses

Roster of heads

Campus

The school is located on Kadoorie Hill in

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. The school campus houses a variety of different facilities.

Buildings

* The Main Building was built in 1926. It houses many classrooms, the school hall, the general office, the covered playground, the George She Christian Centre, the Music Room, the canteen and the tuck shop. It is shaped like the Chinese character "主". Between the horizontal strokes of the character, there is a parking lot (for staff), a grass field in front of the tuck shop, a rock garden (built in 1926, redesigned in 1955 by former art teacher Mr Y. T. Kwong, and subsequently redesigned again in 2020), and a glass dining hall pavilion for boarding students. The top floor of the main building formerly served as the boarding house for students until 2007, when all boarders moved to the Samuel Tak Lee Building and the premises was repurposed. * The Science Wing, the New Wing, and the New New Wing, built in the 1956, 1961, and 1968 respectively, to house more classrooms and laboratories. The New Wing houses the NSS library and lecture hall. The New New Wing has some laboratories and classrooms for G8 and G9. * The Gymnasium, built in 1951, was demolished in the late 2000s to make way for the auditorium (see below). The small barbecue pit next to the building was kept and now sits next to the auditorium. * The Headmaster's Residence, built in 1952, was demolished in the late 1990s to make way for the Primary Division (see below). Five new buildings were built between 2004 and 2012, when Terence Chang was headmaster. The buildings were designed by architect Thomas Chow (an old boy of the class of 1975), who won three awards from the Hong Kong Institute of Architects: two "Medal of the Year" awards (for his work on the Primary Division and on the Samuel Tak Lee Building respectively) and one "Merit Award – Community Building" (for his work on the Michiko Miyakawa Building and the Yunni and Maxine Pao Auditorium). *The Primary Division was opened in 2004. It includes, among other facilities, thirty classrooms, computer rooms, an assembly hall, a covered playground, two basketball courts, and an outdoor amphitheater. *The Mrs Tsai Ming Sang Building (a.k.a. the S.I.P. (School Improvement Project Building), built in 2005, houses a sky garden, 10 more classrooms for G7 and G8, laboratories, 3 multi-media learning centers, and a large staff room. "S.I.P." stands for "School Improvement Programme". *The Samuel Tak Lee Building (a.k.a. the Sports and Dormitory Complex), named after a wealthy donor (an old boy of the class of 1958), was opened in 2008 to house dormitories and common rooms for boarders, as well as a 25-metre indoor swimming pool, a new gymnasium, weight lifting facilities and additional classrooms for day boys. *The Michiko Miyakawa Building (a.k.a. the I.B. Building) opened in 2011 to provide classrooms for the newly introduced

section. It contains St Augustine's Chapel and the Ronald J. Chao Library amongst labs and classrooms for the IB students. *The Yunni and Maxine Pao Auditorium, built on the site of the old gymnasium, opened in 2012. It houses the 800-seat Yip Kit Chuen Concert Hall, a couple of art galleries, and several other multi-purpose rooms.

Curriculum

The school uses English as the main language for instruction, although certain subjects (other than Chinese itself) use Chinese as the medium of instruction. Currently, both the Primary and Secondary Division follow the

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's curriculum. Students start off with a common curriculum in Grades 7 to 9. After then, most students of Grade 10 or above fall into the New Secondary System (also known as "334"), and they will take the

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examinations. Another batch of Grade 10 students fall into the Pre-International Baccalaureate (Pre-IB) programme if they choose. After they complete the Pre-IB programme, they will enter the

Diploma Programme (IBDP), and will graduate if they pass the IB Finals. In March 2009, the school received media attention when a Form 4 student complained that he had had a

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female model as a subject in his art class, and alleged embarrassment. The visual arts teacher, employed for 27 years, told reporters that he had been inviting nude models without any complaint for nearly ten years. Then-Headmaster Terence Chang said it was a "big fuss about nothing".

National security education

In December 2022, DBS said that it had already implemented national security education into its curriculum. The school stated that "The objective is to deepen students' understanding of the country's development and national security, enhance their sense of national identity and nurture them as good law-abiding citizens."

Extracurricular activities

School teams have been crowned Overall Champions in archery, athletics, badminton (Grand Slam in 2009/10 & 2010/11 in the Kowloon area), basketball (Grand Slam in 2013/14 in the Kowloon area), beach volleyball (Grand Slam in 2016/17 & 2018/19), cross country (Grand Slam in 2017/18, 2018/19 & 2022/23), fencing (Grand Slam in 2015/16 & 2016/17), football (Grand Slam in 2017/18 & 2018/19), Handball (Grand Slam in 2017/18), hockey, indoor rowing (Grand Slam in 2013/14 & 2018/19), life saving, rugby sevens, softball, squash, swimming, table tennis (Grand Slam in 1960/61, 2017/18 & 2021/22), tennis, tenpin bowling and volleyball (Grand Slam in 1977/78 in the Kowloon area, in 2017/18 & 2018/19). The Diocesan Boys' School Music Department contains six

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, a

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and wind orchestras, a

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, and many

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.Diocesan Boys' School Music Department
Official Facebook Page. Accessed 2020-02-24.

= Recent achievements

= 2019 * Hong Kong Schools Music Festival :* Best Mixed Choir of the Year 2018 * World Choir Games :* Male Choirs World Champion; Gold Medal :* Mixed Choirs World Champion; Gold Medal :* Musica Sacra with Accompaniment 3rd Place; Gold Medal * Hong Kong Schools Music Festival :* Best Boys' Choir of the Year * 臺灣國際管樂節 2018 :* 國際管樂菁英大賽室內樂（青少年組） :* 金牌獎（木管樂五重奏） :* 金牌獎（薩氏管四重奏） 2017 * Hong Kong Schools Music Festival :* Best Boys' Choir of the Year :* Best Mixed Choir of the Year :* Best Junior Choir of the Year :* Most Outstanding Secondary Choir of the Year :* Church Music Choir 1st Place 2016 * Hong Kong Schools Music Festival :* Best Boys' Choir of the Year :* Best Mixed Choir of the Year :* Church Music Choir 1st Place 2015 * Hong Kong Schools Music Festival :* Best Boys' Choir of the Year :* Best Mixed Choir of the Year :* Most Outstanding Secondary Choir of the Year :* Church Music Choir 1st Place 2014 * Hong Kong Schools Music Festival :* Best Boys' Choir of the Year :* Best Junior Choir of the Year * World Choir Games :* Young Male Choirs World Champion; Gold Medal :* Musica Sacra with Accompaniment 2nd Place; Gold Medal :* Mixed Youth Choirs 2nd Place; Gold Medal 2013 * Hong Kong Schools Music Festival :* Best Boys' Choir of the Year :* Best Mixed Choir of the Year 2012 * Hong Kong Schools Music Festival :* Best Boys' Choir of the Year :* Best Mixed Choir of the Year :* Most Outstanding School Award * World Choir Games :* Young Male Choirs World Champion; Gold Medal :* Musica Sacra 2nd Place; Gold Medal 2011 * Hong Kong Schools Music Festival :* Best Boys' Choir of the Year :* Best Mixed Choir of the Year :* Most Outstanding Secondary Choir of the Year :* Most Outstanding School Award * International Brahms Choir Competition :* Brahms Grand Prize :* Mixed Voice Champion; Gold Medal :* Male Choirs Champion; Gold Medal 2010 * Hong Kong Schools Music Festival :* Best Boys' Choir of the Year :* Best Mixed Choir of the Year :* Most Outstanding Secondary Choir of the Year * World Choir Games :* Young Male Choirs World Champion; Gold Medal :* Musica Sacra World Champion; Gold Medal DBS counts a total of 11 winners of the

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, ranking eighth among all secondary schools in Hong Kong.

Exam results

DBS has 16 perfect scorers "10As" in the history of Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) and 2 "Top Scorers" and "Super Top Scorers" in the history of Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSE). Prior to 1987, the upper limit for the number of subjects is nine. 7 x 5** "Top Scorers" are candidates who obtained perfect scores of 5** in each of the four core subjects and three electives. 8 x 5** "Super Top Scorers" are candidates who obtained seven Level 5** in four core subjects and three electives, and an additional Level 5** in the Mathematics Extended (M1/M2) module.

Alumni by field

Politics and civil service

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) (1866-1925), Chinese revolutionary and statesman, "Father of Modern China" * Sir

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(羅旭龢) (1880-1949), colonial businessman and politician *

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(楊啟彥) (1941-2007), chairman and chief executive of

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(KCRC),

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and

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(田北俊), former chairman of the

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and member of the Legislative Council * Michael Tien Puk Sun (田北辰), member of the Legislative Council and former chairman of the board of the KCRC *

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, Leader of the Liberal Party and member of the Legislative Council * Dominic Lee, member of the Legislative Council and former member of the

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, Secretary-General of the Legislative Council and former Undersecretary for Education * Eddie Yue Wai-man (余偉文), Chief Executive of the

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, former

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, convicted of bribery offences in a U.S. federal court in 2018 *

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, former Commissioner of the ICAC and

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, Former

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, Permanent Secretary for

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, Permanent Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, and Permanent Representative to the

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Law

William Ngartse Thomas Tam William Ngar-tse Thomas Tam, OBE. JP, (21 July 1900 – 8 April 1976) was a magistrate and member of the Legislative Council in Hong Kong. Biography W.N.Thomas Tam ( 譚雅士 ) was born in Hong Kong on 21 July 1900, to a native of Hoi-ping ( ...

(1900-1976), barrister, magistrate, member of the Legislative Council * Rev. G. S. Zimmern (施玉麒) (1904-1979), barrister, magistrate, headmaster of DBS * Sir Cho-yiu Kwan () (1907-1971), judge, member of the Executive and Legislative Councils * Sir Yuet-keung Kan (簡悅強) (1913-2012), solicitor, member of the Executive and Legislative Councils, banker * Sir

(張奧偉) (1922-2003), barrister, member of the Executive and Legislative Councils, acting headmaster of DBS *

Aarif Barma The Honourable Mr Justice Aarif Tyebjee Barma (; born 1959) is a Hong Kong judge, and currently serves as Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong. Biography Early life Born in Mumbai, India, Barma grew up in Hong Kong, where he ...

(鮑晏明), Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal *

Pang Kin-kee Mr Justice Pang Kin-kee, SBS (彭鍵基) is a former Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court in Hong Kong. Biography Pang was born in China in 1947. He was educated at the Diocesan Boys' School in Hong Kong followed by Queen's Un ...

(彭鍵基), former High Court judge and former chairman of the

Electoral Affairs Commission The Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) is the body, established under the Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance, that oversees electoral matters in Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Adminis ...

(EAC)

Commerce

* Lam Kin Ming (), chairman of Lai Sun Group *

Henry Fan Henry Fan Hung Ling, SBS, JP (; born 2 June 1948 in Shanghai, Republic of China with family roots in Ningbo, Zhejiang) was the managing director of CITIC Pacific and the vice-chairman of Cathay Pacific Airways. He is now the chairman of Hospita ...

(), Chairman of the

Hospital Authority The Hospital Authority is a statutory body managing all the government hospitals and institutes in Hong Kong. It is under the governance of its board and is under the monitor of the Secretary for Food and Health of the Hong Kong Government. ...

, former Unofficial Member of the Executive Council, former managing director of

CITIC Pacific CITIC Limited () is a conglomerate headquartered in Hong Kong. Its shares are listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and it is a constituent of the Hang Seng Index. 58% of its issued shares are owned by the Chinese state-own ...

and former vice-chairman of

Cathay Pacific Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (CPA), more widely known as Cathay Pacific (), is the flag carrier of Hong Kong, with its head office and main hub located at Hong Kong International Airport. The airline's operations and subsidiaries have sc ...

Canning Fok Canning Fok Kin-ning (); born 1951 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong business executive. He is a director or chair of numerous management board in companies of Cheung Kong Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa. He is hailed as the "King of Employees" since h ...

(霍建寧), group managing director of

Hutchison Whampoa Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HWL) was an investment holding company based in Hong Kong. It was a Fortune Global 500 company and one of the largest companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. HWL was an international corporation with a dive ...

V-Nee Yeh V-Nee Yeh (; born February 14, 1959, in Hong Kong) is a businessman and was non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong. He graduated from Milton Academy, cum laude '77; Williams College, BA' 81 Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude and Col ...

(葉維義), founder of

Value Partners (asset management) Value Partners Group Limited () is a Hong Kong-based asset management company. History The company was founded in 1993 as a boutique firm by the present Chairman & Co-chief investment officer Dato' Seri Cheah Cheng Hye, and businessman Yeh ...

and member of the Executive Council

Education and academia

* Chan Wing Tsit (陳榮捷) (1901-1994), sinologist, professor of philosophy at

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native A ...

and

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

* Tam Sheung Wai (譚尚渭), president

emeritus ''Emeritus'' (; female: ''emerita'') is an adjective used to designate a retired chair, professor, pastor, bishop, pope, director, president, prime minister, rabbi, emperor, or other person who has been "permitted to retain as an honorary title ...

of the

Open University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) is a university in Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong. Established as the Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong by the Hong Kong government in 1989, HKMU now consists of five schools, namely the School of Arts and S ...

. * Robert Chung Ting Yiu (鍾庭耀), director of the Public Opinion Programme at HKU * Chan Hing-yan (陳慶恩), chair of the Department of Music at HKU * Lai Ching Lung (黎青龍), professor of medicine at HKUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFCiDobHu_Q, 蘋果動新聞 - 至潮神級醫生　救人不為金 *

Benny Tai Yiu-ting Benny Tai Yiu-ting (; born 12 July 1964) is a Hong Kong legal scholar, political figure, and democracy activist. He was an associate professor of law at the University of Hong Kong. From 2013, Tai launched and is known for his initiation of ...

(戴耀廷), associate professor of law at HKU, initiator of Occupy Central

Arts and entertainment

George Lam George Lam Tsz-Cheung (born 12 October 1947), also known professionally by his surname Lam, is a Hong Kong-based veteran Cantopop singer, singer-songwriter, music producer and actor, with a career that has so far lasted more than four decades. Lam ...

(),

Cantopop Cantopop (a contraction of "Cantonese pop music") or HK-pop (short for "Hong Kong pop music") is a genre of pop music written in standard Chinese and sung in Cantonese. Cantopop is also used to refer to the cultural context of its production ...

star *

Li Chuan Yun Li Chuan Yun (李傳韻; born 1980), also known as Chanyun Li or Babeli, is a Chinese violin virtuoso. He began studying violin at the age of three and won his first prize in Beijing when he was five. Li performed all the violin solos for the 20 ...

(), violinist * Andrew Hin Yau Ling (), violinist, violist, conductor *

Aristo Sham Aristo Sham () (born 12 March 1996) is a pianist born in Hong Kong. He has won numerous prizes and awards in Hong Kong and overseas, and has performed in several countries. He has been featured in the Channel 4 programme, The World's Greatest Musi ...

, pianist *

Chapman To Chapman To (, born 8 June 1972), born Edward Ng Cheuk-cheung (), is a Hong Kong actor. He is best known for his roles in films such as ''Infernal Affairs'' and '' Initial D''. He is also the founder of his own multimedia platform known as "Chapman ...

(), actor and entertainer *

Vivek Mahbubani Vivek Ashok Mahbubani ( sd, وويڪ محبوباڻِي; born 25 September 1982) a.k.a. Ah V (), is a stand-up comedian in Hong Kong,

, stand-up comedian *

Hubert Wu Hubert Wu (; born 27 March 1990) is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor. Wu was the first runner-up of ''The Voice (Hong Kong)'' Season 2, winner of '' New Talent Singing Awards 2010'', and is currently signed with Shaw Brothers Pictures a ...

(), Cantopop singer *

Lo King-man Lo King-man (; born 1937) is a Hong Kong performing artist and director. He is dubbed as the "Father of Hong Kong Opera". He is also the former vice-chairman of the Urban Council from 1990 to 1995, as well as member of the various public advisory b ...

(盧景文), performing artist and director, "Father of Hong Kong Opera" *

Byron Mann Byron Mann is a Hong Kong-American actor of film and television. His best-known roles include Ryu in ''Street Fighter'', Silver Lion in ''The Man with the Iron Fists'', Wing Chau in ''The Big Short'', Admiral Augusto Nguyen on ''The Expanse'', ...

(文峰), actor

Mass culture and journalism

Alex Law Kai-yui Alex Law Kai-Yui (; 19 August 1952 – 2 July 2022) was a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and producer. Law was educated at the Diocesan Boys' School, Hong Kong, matriculating in 1971. Law collaborated with Mabel Cheung on many of her ...

(羅啟銳), film director * Josiah Lau Ka Kit (), host of "One Minute's English" (RTHK)

Sports

Roy Lamsam John Patrick Roy Lamsam (born 15 May 1980) is a Hong Kong cricketer who has played 8 One Day Internationals and four ICC Trophy matches between 1997 and 2008. He is a specialist batsman who has batted between five and eight in the batting order ...

(伍劭雄), cricketer * William Hill, Olympic sprinter (1964) * Denis Cunningham, Olympic fencer (1976, 1984), chairman of Hong Kong Fencing Association * Lai Chun Ho (黎振浩), Olympic sprinter (2008, 2012) *

Chan Ming Tai Chan Ming Tai (Chinese: 陳銘泰 born 30 January 1995), also known as Theophilius Chan, is an athlete from Hong Kong specialising in the long jump. He is coached by Ms Chan Wai Yin and Dr Anthony Giorgi. At the 2015 Summer Universiade he finish ...

(陳銘泰), Olympic long jumper (2016), holder of the Hong Kong record *

Ng Ka Long Angus Ng Ka-long (born 24 June 1994) is a badminton player from Hong Kong. He has a career-high ranking of 6th in the men's singles discipline. He won the 2016 Hong Kong Super Series and the 2020 Thailand Masters. Early life and education ...

(), Olympic badminton player (2016, 2020) *

Tan Chun Lok Mark Tan Chun Lok (; born 15 January 1996) is a Hong Kong people, Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee SC, Kitchee. Early career He is gradutated in Diocesan Boys' School ...

(陳俊樂), footballer, member of

Hong Kong National Football Team The Hong Kong national football team () represents Hong Kong in international association football, football and is controlled by the Hong Kong Football Association, the governing body for football in Hong Kong. Hong Kong was the first in Asia ...

, current plays for

Chinese Super League The Chinese Football Association Super League, commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the China Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional football in ...

club

Guangzhou City Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kong ...

* , Olympic foil fencer (2020) * Coleman Wong Chak Lam (黃澤林), tennis player, winner of the Boys' Doubles titles at 2021 US Open and

2022 Australian Open The 2022 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park, Australia from 17 to 30 January 2022. It was the 110th edition of the Australian Open, the 54th in the Open Era, and the first Grand Slam of the ye ...

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