The Diocesan Boys' School (DBS) is a day and boarding
Anglican
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...
boys' school in Hong Kong, located at 131
Argyle Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon near
Mong Kok East station
Mong Kok East station – formerly Mong Kok railway station and Yaumati () – is a station on Hong Kong's . Only out-of-system interchange is available with and at Mong Kok station via a footbridge. The station is connected to G ...
. Founded in 1869, it is one of the oldest and most prestigious secondary schools in the city. The school's mission is "to provide a
liberal education
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based on
Christian
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principles". Having run as a
grant-aided school since it was founded, the school commenced operation in the
Direct Subsidy Scheme
The Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) is instituted by the Education Bureau of Hong Kong to enhance the quality of private schools at the primary and secondary levels. The Hong Kong government has been encouraging non-government secondary schools w ...
in September 2003. It uses
English as the medium of instruction.
History
The first foundation
In 1860, Mrs Lydia Smith (wife of the
Bishop of Victoria The Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong was (from 1849 to 1951) the Ordinary of a corporation sole including Hong Kong and South China that ministered to 20,000 Anglicans. Bishops
*18491865 (ret.): George SmithHandbook to the Diocese of Victoria (Hong K ...
) and the Society for the Promotion of Female Education in the Far East (Also known as Female Education Society, or "FES") set up the
Diocesan Native Female Training School Diocesan Native Female Training School (DNFTS, ) was a school under the Anglican Church of Hong Kong in the 19th century, founded in 1860 and closed down in 1868. Its premises now belong to today's Bonham Road Government Primary School(). In 1869, ...
, 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
Bonham Road
Bonham Road is a main road in West Mid-Levels, Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, running mainly East-West. The road connects Pok Fu Lam Road in the west, near the University of Hong Kong, and Caine Road in the east, at the junction with Hospita ...
, a small concrete house on a
paddy field
A paddy field is a flooded field (agriculture), field of arable land used for growing Aquatic plant, semiaquatic crops, most notably rice and taro. It originates from the Neolithic rice-farming cultures of the Yangtze River basin in sout ...
.
Lady Robinson (the Governor's wife) became the patron.
The school had a difficult existence. The
Second Opium War
The Second Opium War (), also known as the Second Anglo-Sino War, the Second China War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was a colonial war lasting from 1856 to 1860, which pitted the British Empire and the French Emp ...
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
grant-in-aid
A grant-in-aid is money coming from a central government for a specific project. Such funding is usually used when the government and the legislature decide that the recipient should be publicly funded but operate with reasonable independence ...
scheme by the
Education Department
An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...
.
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
Cambridge
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and
Oxford
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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
Heep Yunn School
Heep Yunn School (Chinese 協恩中學) is an Anglican girls' secondary school founded in 1936, commonly known simply as HYS. It is located in Ma Tau Wai, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The School commenced operation in the DSS (Direct Subsidy Scheme) mo ...
). 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 house system and Speech Day. He also moved the school from Bonham Road to a hill site in
Mong Kok
Mong Kok (also spelled Mongkok, often abbreviated as MK) is an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The Prince Edward subarea occupies the northern part of Mong Kok.
Mong Kok is one of the major shopping areas in Hong Kong. The area is characterised ...
. Construction was completed in 1926. In February 1927, the British military authorities took the school for use as a hospital for one year.
When
war
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broke out in China in 1937, the school showed its support towards the
Chinese Nationalist Party
The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Taiw ...
. In January 1938, a shoe-shining 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 of Japanese citizenship was appointed as
head prefect
Head boy and head girl are student leadership roles in schools, representing the school's entire student body. They are normally the most senior prefects in the school. The terms are commonly used in the British education system as well as in Aus ...
.
During the
Japanese occupation of Hong Kong
The Imperial Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began when the Governor of Hong Kong, Mark Aitchison Young, Sir Mark Young, surrendered the British Crown colony of British Hong Kong, Hong Kong to the Empire of Japan on 25 December 1941. The surr ...
, most of the school staff, including then-headmaster Gerald Goodban, were imprisoned. The school building was transformed into a military hospital for soldiers of the
Imperial Japanese Army
The was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945. It was controlled by the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office and the Ministry of the Army, both of which were nominally subordinate to the Emperor o ...
.
Post-war years
Imperial Japan
The also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was a historical nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the post-World War II 1947 constitution and subsequent forma ...
surrendered in August 1945. The school remained under the control of the
Kempeitai
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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.
Oswald Cheung
Sir Oswald Victor Cheung (, 22 January 1922 – 10 December 2003) was a barrister in Hong Kong, known as the "doyen of the bar".
"Ossie" was the first ethnic Chinese to become a Queen's Counsel in colonial Hong Kong, and the first Chinese cha ...
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
house system
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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 Chinese language 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. He brought the school to excel in athletics. 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 Lowcock as headmaster. He brought the school to excel in extra-curricular activities and competitions. 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.
The Millennium
In 2002, Lai was succeeded by Terence Chang, an old boy and then-headmaster of
Jockey Club Ti-I College
Jockey Club Ti-I College (TIC or JCTIC, , Demonym: Ti-Ian) is a secondary school in Fo Tan, Hong Kong. The setting up of Ti-I College ('Ti-I' pronounced as 'tee yee'), which is not only focused on normal academic curriculum, but also aimed to ...
.
On 4 October 2002, the school committee proposed to join the
Direct Subsidy Scheme
The Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) is instituted by the Education Bureau of Hong Kong to enhance the quality of private schools at the primary and secondary levels. The Hong Kong government has been encouraging non-government secondary schools w ...
(DSS) with effect from September 2003. The application was accepted by the
Education and Manpower Bureau
The Education Bureau (EDB) is responsible for formulating and implementing education policies in Hong Kong.
The bureau is headed by the Secretary for Education and oversees agencies including University Grants Committee and Student Fina ...
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. Old boys 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
iOS
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and
Android.
In September 2012, Chang retired and Ronnie Kay Yen Cheng – an old boy who had been the conductor of the school choirs – succeeded him as headmaster.
In 2019, the school introduced a refresh to the school uniform. The new uniform now features black trousers, two new types of overcoats for winter, a new tracksuit and new shorts for physical education lessons.
In May 2020, the school became the world's No.1
International Baccalaureate
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school, with an average mark of 42.
Heads and houses
Roster of heads
Houses
In 1922, Rev. Featherstone introduced the club system for sports and drama competitions. All the students were divided among four clubs: the Green, the Blue, the Yellow and the Brown. The Red Club was added in 1947.
Three past headmasters, Piercy, Sargent and Featherstone died successively during the years of the Pacific War. In order to commemorate them, Goodban decided to establish a new
house system
The house system is a traditional feature of schools in the United Kingdom. The practice has since spread to Commonwealth countries and the United States. The school is divided into subunits called "houses" and each student is allocated to o ...
in 1949. The existing five clubs were re-designated "houses" and named after four past headmasters and Henry Sykes, who was the second master from 1898 to 1920.
In 1955, Canon She founded the new ''Goodban House'' to commemorate his predecessor. ''Lowcock House'' was added in 2002. In 2004, the Class of '58 fund-raised for a new house in memory of the late Canon George She. In September 2011, the ''George She House'' was created.
The houses and their colours are displayed on the right.
School badge and school hymn
School badge
The School badge is composed of seven elements: the ''
Mitre
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'', the ''
Crown
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'', the ''
Crozier
A crosier or crozier (also known as a paterissa, pastoral staff, or bishop's staff) is a stylized staff that is a symbol of the governing office of a bishop or abbot and is carried by high-ranking prelates of Roman Catholic, Eastern Catholi ...
'', the ''
Key
Key or The Key may refer to:
Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
'', the ''Bible'', the ''
Shell
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Architecture and design
* Shell (structure), a thin structure
** Concrete shell, a thin shell of concrete, usually with no interior columns or exterior buttresses
** Thin-shell structure
Science Biology
* Seashell, a hard ou ...
'' and the ''
Shield
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'', all of which have deep meaning in the Christian faith.
School hymn
The Diocesan Boys' School
Hymn
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was composed by
Rudyard Kipling
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...
(1865–1936).
Campus
![DbsSign](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/DbsSign.JPG)
Diocesan Boys' School has a large campus located on
Kadoorie Hill
Kadoorie Hill () is an upper class residential area in Kowloon City District, Hong Kong, located south of Kowloon Tong and north of Ho Man Tin.
The majority of the development has its ownership under the Kadoorie family; in 2019 the majority of ...
in
Ho Man Tin
Ho Man Tin is a mostly residential area in Kowloon, Hong Kong, part of the Kowloon City District.
History
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.
It is in
Kowloon City District
Kowloon City District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the city of Kowloon. It had a population of 381,352 in 2001, and increased to 418,732 in 2016. The district has the third most educated residents while its res ...
.
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
International Baccalaureate
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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.
Other facilities
* The Drive is a long, winding road leading up the hill from
Argyle Street to the southern entrance of the school. Alongside the Drive runs a footpath which is now called the Rev. George She Path to honour the headmaster who built it in the late 1950s.
* The Steps are a set of long and steep steps leading from
Prince Edward Road West
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The roa ...
to the northern entrance of the school.
* The Field is a large football field used for PE lessons and school team training sessions. It is located between the New Wing and the Primary Division. It has undergone a transition to become a fourth generation artificial turf, completed in October 2016 at the price of $18M. The Chi Track is a 280-meter, 4-lane round track circling the field. For decades it had been a cricket field with a cricket pitch, until the laying of the track. The field and the track were completely redone in 2006 at a cost of $5M. The track is named after Wong Chau Chi Charles, an old boy of class 1982. Since then, the school also launched more facilities in the field area, including a long jump pitch, a discus-throwing pitch, a golf cage, an archery range and a tree house. There is also an old cricket scoreboard near the spectator area, it is a remnant of DBS' cricket days, when DBS was a noted cricket ground and centre in Hong Kong. In 2018, the school added an electronic display near the outdoor swimming pool facing the secondary school.
* Next to the Field there is a 25-metre outdoor swimming pool. Students mostly use the indoor pool, but the outdoor pool is still frequently used by primary division.
* There is a basketball court in the middle of the campus and two tennis courts on the south side of the campus (replacing two old ones which used to lie on the north side of the campus).
* A small barbecue pit sits on the high ground next to the auditorium. A tall stone tablet stands there with the school motto written on it.
Curriculum
The school uses English as the main language for instruction, although certain subjects (other than Chinese itself) use Chinese.
Currently, both the Primary and Secondary Division follow the
Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority
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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
Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education
The Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSE) is an examination organised by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA). The HKDSE examination is Hong Kong's university entrance examination, administere ...
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
International Baccalaureate
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Diploma Programme (IBDP), and will graduate if they pass the IB Finals.
The Pre-IB and IB programmes exclusively use the Michiko Miyakawa Building. Originally, the school intended to admit girls into the IB course but this was later cancelled when it was faced with strong objection and protest from students and parents.
In March 2009, the school received media attention when a Form 4 student complained that he had had a nude 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".
Extracurricular activities
Sports
The Diocesan Boys' School excels at sport. 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), 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), tennis, tenpin bowling and volleyball (Grand Slam in 1977/78 in the Kowloon area, in 2017/18 & 2018/19).
The school's athletics, life saving, swimming and tennis teams have each won more than half of the Overall Championships in the history of their event:
*Athletics – 39 Championships in 57 years, 11 Grand Slams (1979/80, 1980/81, 1990/91, 1991/92, 1992/93, 1996/97, 1997/98, 2003/04, 2005/06, 2013/14 & 2014/15)
*Swimming – 35 Championships in 54 years, 10 Grand Slams (1966/67, 1994/95, 1996/97, 2005/06, 2007/08, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2016/17, 2018/19 & 2019/20)
*Tennis – 42 Championships in 67 years
*Life saving – 30 Championships in 49 years, 24 Grand Slams (1975/76, 1982/83, 1992/93, 1993/94 & 1995/96 - 2014/15)
Recently, the school has won the Inter-School Swimming Competition for a record 27 consecutive years and the Inter-School Tennis Competition for a record 19 consecutive years (straight wins every year). Athletics team was crowned the Overall Champion for a record 7 consecutive years between 2003/04 and 2009/10, and life saving team was crowned the Overall Champion for a record 23 consecutive years between 1992/93 and 2014/15.
In 2013/14, the school won a record 14 Open Grade/Overall Championships in archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, cross country, fencing, football, handball, indoor rowing, life saving, swimming, tenpin bowling, tennis and volleyball; a record 3 Jing Ying Team Championships in badminton, basketball and football; as well as the BOCHK Bauhinia Bowl, the BOCHK Rising Star Award and the Outstanding School Award in Jing Ying Team Sports Competitions.
In 2016/17, the school won a record 14 Open Grade/Overall Championships again in Athletics, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Cross Country, Fencing, Football, Handball, Indoor Rowing, Life Saving, Squash, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis and Volleyball.
In 2017/18, the school won a record 3 Jing Ying Team Championships again in Basketball, Handball and Volleyball.
In 2018/19, the school won a record 6 Grand Slams in Beach Volleyball, Cross Country, Football, Indoor Rowing, Swimming and Volleyball.
In March 2003, the school football team made history by becoming the Champion of the All Hong Kong Schools Jing Ying Football Tournament as a Division Three team. It was the first Division Three team ever to achieve this feat.
The school is the leader in terms of the number of Omega Rose Bowl/
BOCHK Bauhinia Bowl won in the Boys Schools Section with 27 victories. The BOCHK Bauhinia Bowl, previously known as Omega Rose Bowl, is the annual award to member secondary schools of the Hong Kong Island and Kowloon Secondary Schools Regional Committee achieving the best all-round performance from all sporting events organised by the Regional Committee each year.
Music
The Diocesan Boys' School Music Department contains six choirs, a full symphony orchestra, string and wind orchestras, a Chinese orchestra, and many chamber ensembles.
[Diocesan Boys' School Music Department]
Official Facebook Page. Accessed 2020-02-24. Each ensemble is led by at least a chairman, a vice-chairman and other officials if deemed necessary.
Instrumental
Founded in 1956 by Rev’d George She, a former Headmaster of the school, the Diocesan Boys’ School Symphony Orchestra (originally the DBS Orchestra) is one of the most historic orchestras in Hong Kong.
While early performances consisted of only 18 members, with
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,
JP as the conductor, the Orchestra currently has over 90 musicians, and is the most frequent “Champion” of the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival Symphony Orchestra (Senior) Category ever since the founding of the competition. The orchestra is best known for its performances of music from the 19th century, including Richard Strauss tone poems, as well as various Mahler, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, and Brahms symphonies.
Having performed extensively in Hong Kong, the Orchestra has collaborated with artists such as conductors
Marin Alsop
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,
Kristjan Järvi
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, Neil Varon and Wilson Ng, violinists Leo Phillips,
Chuan-yun Li, Renée Jolles and
Christoph Koncz
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, violists Born Lau and Andrew Ling, harpist Catherine Michel and pianist
Colleen Lee
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Biography
Lee began piano lessons when she was four, and started studying with Miss Eleanor ...
. In addition, the Orchestra has also performed at prestigious venues such as the Great Hall of the
Musikverein
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in Vienna, the John F. Kennedy Centre for the Per- forming Arts and the World War II Memorial in Washington D.C., the Smetana Hall in Prague, the Pesti Vigadó in Budapest and the Hong Kong Cultural Centre (as part of the Hong Kong Arts Festival).
Recent performances include
Richard Strauss' Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (2009),
Mahler's Symphony No. 1 (2010),
Brahms' Symphony No. 1 (2011),
Stravinsky's Firebird Suite (2011),
Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 (2012),
Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 (2012, 2015),
Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 (2013),
Prokofiev's Symphony No.1 "Classical" (2014),
Mahler's Symphony No.5 (2014),
Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Overture (2015),
Brahms' Symphony No.2 (2015),
Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 2 (2016),
Brahms' Symphony No. 4 (2017, 2019),
Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique" (2018),
Richard Strauss' Don Juan (2019),
Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (2019).
In April 2015, the Orchestra premiered ''Flights Ascending'' by American composer Heather Gilligan at the
John F. Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts.
The DBS Strings Orchestra is one of the divisions from the DBS Orchestra. Since 2007, it has been a conductor-less orchestra. It is known by many as the 'house of elite string players'. It is currently under the guidance of Mr.
Andrew Ling
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Founded in 2000, the DBS Wind Orchestra is another division from the DBS Orchestra. It is currently conducted by Mr. Victor Tam, a Hong Kong-based
oboist
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Choirs
There are six choirs in the Diocesan Boys' School Music Department.
*Senior Boys' Choir
*Senior Mixed Choir (with Diocesan Girls' School)
*Intermediate Boys' Choir
*Intermediate Mixed Choir (with Heep Yunn School)
*Treble Choir
*Junior Mixed Choir (with Diocesan Girls' School)
The Treble Choir and Junior Mixed Choir are for students with treble voices only. The intermediate choirs are for students who are at the earlier stages of adolescent vocal development, while the senior choirs are for students with relatively developed voices. The Treble Choir is currently conducted by Mr. Sanders Lau, while the other choirs all conducted by Mr. Felix Shuen.
All six choirs are regular participants of the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival first division competitions. The Senior Choir and the Senior Mixed Choir are regular participants of international competitions, including the
World Choir Games. Felix Shuen is the director of both choirs.
= 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
Chinese Music
The Diocesan Boys' School Chinese Orchestra (DBSCO; ) originated from a Pipa Ensemble back in the 1950s and developed into a full orchestra in the 1960s. The mission of DBSCO is to promote Chinese music and culture. Since its founding, Diocesan Boys' School Chinese Orchestra has been an active participant in the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival and captured numerous championships in the 'Chinese Orchestra (Senior)’ category. Currently, Dean of Culture - Mr. CHO Ka-wai (曹家偉) , Mr. MA Tai Cho (馬太初) and Mr. KONG Sin Hei (江先曦) are the teachers-in-charge of DBSCO and Mr. KWOK Hang-kei is the Principal Conductor and Artistic Director.
In September 1996, DBSCO was invited to perform in the "75th Anniversary Gala Performance of The British Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance and Speech". In October 1998, the Orchestra was invited by a renowned Erhu master, Professor Wong Kwok-tung (王國潼) to perform in a concert with other Chinese Orchestras in the Hong Kong City Hall. The Orchestra debuted the piece "Capriccio on the Theme of Princess Changping" (帝女花隨想曲) and performed a couple of other pieces which were highly acclaimed. In 2005 and 2007, the Orchestra had participated in the second and fourth "Youth Chinese Orchestra Beijing Invitational Competition" in Beijing, China and was awarded 'Sunshine Prize' (First Prize) in both years. In 2010, the Orchestra was led by Mr. KWOK Hang-kei and held two highly acclaimed concerts in Yunnan Province, China. In July 2014, the Orchestra participated in "International Youth Music Festival II" in Bratislava, Slovakia for three performances and one competition. DBSCO was awarded the Golden Band (First Prize) in the category Ensembles with free instrumentation up to 35 years and got the Grand Prix (Overall Champion) of the event. In addition, the conductor of the DBSCO, Mr. KWOK Hang-kei (郭亨基) was awarded the Best Orchestra Conductor.
In the summer of 2017, the Orchestra participated in the first "Nanyang Music Competition 2017" in Singapore and won three awards, including the first group of the non-professional ensemble gold medals in the group, and the non-professional ensemble group silver. In addition, the whole team of the Diocesan Boys School Chinese Orchestra, with the interpretation of Guo Hengji's work "The Love of Xiangjiang ", won the second place in the youth band gold medal, glory for Hong Kong.
The plucking team also won 17 prizes in 13 students participating in the "Nanfeng Cup International Competition" in the summer of 2018. They also won 4 overall championships in 5 competition groups and served as the closing concert after the competition. Invited guests to perform.
Student Organisations
Prefects' Board and Boarding Prefects
The Prefects' Board was established in 1916 and continues to serve an important function within the school: as its oldest student organisation, prefects are an integral part of everyday school life. They are selected from senior form students and are expected to lead the school in inter-school events, organise functions for the school and uphold discipline within the school on a daily basis. Being tasked to enforce discipline, prefects are allowed to punish students by requiring them to copy lines from the school rules, a system that is unique in Hong Kong. The Board is led by the Senior Prefect: under him is the Second Prefect of Activities and the Second Prefect of Discipline. Each year in December during the Christmas service, the Candlelight Ceremony signifies the transition of the previous year's board to the new board, with a new Senior Prefect elected by the teachers and other Prefects. Students may apply to become a Junior Prefect in the latter half of F.4 or a Prefect in F.5, to which an internal selection process will be undertaken to determine suitable candidates for holding office. It is common for the Senior Prefects team to have been promoted from a Junior Prefect due to the longer serving time within the Board and experience in duties. Prefects are also in charge of writing and publishing Not Rigmarole, a bi-annual school magazine.
The Boarding School holds a separate Prefects' Board thought it is common for Prefects serving in the day system to serve as Boarding Prefect too if they are a boarder. Boarding Prefects hold a different badge (a "B" badge with a light pink background" compared with the "P" badge with a red background by Day Prefects) and have an entirely different set of duties. Boarding Prefects whilst retain the ability to punish boarders to copying lines, are limited to only exercising their authority within the Boarding School. Boarding Prefects are tasked with organising key events within the Boarding Calendar, including the annual Christmas treasure hunt, BBQ evening, annual pillow fight etc. Similar to the day Prefects, the Boarding Prefects are led by a Head Prefect, a Second Prefect of Activities and a Second Prefect of Discipline. Boarders are invited to vote for the Head Prefect, after voting the Head Prefect will appoint the two Second Prefects.
Student Council
Established at the beginning of the 21st century, the Student Council is a democratically elected body by the student population at the beginning of each academic year. Their main function is to organise events throughout the year for students to participate in, such as inter-class competitions in sports and the end of year ball. The Student Council is composed of four main posts, the president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer. Alongside, there is a body of committee members to help deliver events that the Student Council has planned.
Audio Visual Team
Established in the late 1970s, the Audio and Visual Team (AVT) plays a key role in the school's delivery of videos and ensuring a smooth operation of lighting during events such as Speech Day and Concerts. During inter-school sporting events, the AVT is in charge of delivering livestream broadcasts on the school's YouTube channel.
Steps Editorial Team
Steps (the name of the school staircase) is an annual yearbook published, documenting all events that have happened across the school year. Led by a Chief Editor, the team works in close conjunction the Photography Team to ensure that the publication can be smoothly delivered. To achieve this, the Steps team have an office located at the end of the Prefects' Corridor for page setting, drafting and handling.
Other
DBS also participates in other competitions, such as art, drama, debate, business, mathematics, computer programming and the Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival.
DBS counts a total of 11 winners of the
Hong Kong Outstanding Students Awards
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From 1985 to 2010, the ...
, ranking
eighth among all secondary schools in Hong Kong.
Alumni by field
Politics and civil service
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Chinese revolutionary and statesman, "Father of Modern China"
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Robert Kotewall
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(羅旭龢) (1880-1949), colonial businessman and politician
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Yeung Kai-yin
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Career
In 1962, Yeung joined the Hong Kong Government as an Administrative Officer. In 1989, Yeung became the Secretary ...
(楊啟彥) (1941-2007), chairman and chief executive of
Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation
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(KCRC),
Secretary for Education and Manpower
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History
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,
Secretary for Transport
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James Tien Pei Chun
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(田北俊), former chairman of the
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and member of the
Legislative Council
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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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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
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(1900-1976), barrister, magistrate, member of the Legislative Council
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G. S. Zimmern (施玉麒) (1904-1979), barrister, magistrate, headmaster of DBS
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Sir Cho-yiu Kwan () (1907-1971), judge, member of the Executive and Legislative Councils
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Sir Yuet-keung Kan (簡悅強) (1913-2012), solicitor, member of the Executive and Legislative Councils, banker
* Sir
Oswald Cheung
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"Ossie" was the first ethnic Chinese to become a Queen's Counsel in colonial Hong Kong, and the first Chinese cha ...
(張奧偉) (1922-2003), barrister, member of the Executive and Legislative Councils, acting headmaster of DBS
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Aarif Barma
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Biography
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(鮑晏明), Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal
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Pang Kin-kee
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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
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Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Adminis ...
(EAC)
Commerce
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Lam Kin Ming (), chairman of Lai Sun Group
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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 ...
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and former vice-chairman of
Cathay Pacific
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Canning Fok
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(霍建寧), group managing director of
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V-Nee Yeh
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(葉維義), founder of
Value Partners (asset management)
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Chan Wing Tsit (陳榮捷) (1901-1994), sinologist, professor of philosophy at
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Tam Sheung Wai (譚尚渭), president
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Open University of Hong Kong
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.
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Robert Chung Ting Yiu (鍾庭耀), director of the Public Opinion Programme at HKU
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Chan Hing-yan (陳慶恩), chair of the Department of Music at HKU
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Lai Ching Lung (黎青龍), professor of medicine at HKU
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Benny Tai Yiu-ting
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(戴耀廷), associate professor of law at HKU, initiator of
Occupy Central
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George Lam
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Cantopop
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star
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Li Chuan Yun
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Aristo Sham
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Chapman To
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Vivek Mahbubani
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Hubert Wu
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Lo King-man
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(盧景文), performing artist and director, "Father of Hong Kong Opera"
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Byron Mann
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(文峰), actor
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Alex Law Kai-yui
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(羅啟銳), film director
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Josiah Lau Ka Kit (), host of "One Minute's English" (RTHK)
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Roy Lamsam
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(伍劭雄), cricketer
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William Hill, Olympic sprinter (1964)
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Denis Cunningham, Olympic fencer (1976, 1984), chairman of Hong Kong Fencing Association
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Lai Chun Ho (黎振浩), Olympic sprinter (2008, 2012)
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Chan Ming Tai
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(陳銘泰), Olympic long jumper (2016), holder of the Hong Kong record
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Ng Ka Long
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Tan Chun Lok
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(陳俊樂),Footballer, Member of
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, current plays for
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club
Guangzhou City
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See also
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Education in Hong Kong
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List of secondary schools in Hong Kong
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References
Further reading
*Rev. W. T. Featherstone, ''The Diocesan Boys School and Orphanage, Hong Kong: The History and Records 1869–1929'' (Hong Kong: Ye Olde Printerie Ltd, 1930)
*W. J. Smyly, ''A History of the Diocesan Boys' School'' (unpublished manuscript circa 1967)
*The GS Book Editors, ''A Tribute to Rev. Canon George She Headmaster 1955–1961 Diocesan Boys' School'' (Hong Kong: The Green Pagoda Press, 2004)
* E. J. Eitel's letter to the Colonial Secretary in 1889, CO 129/342, quoted in Vicky Lee, ''Being Eurasian: Memories Across Racial Divides'' (Hong Kong University Press, 2004), p. 21
* ''Steps'', Diocesan Boys' School, various years
* Y.W. Fung and M.W. Chan-Yeung, ''To Serve and To Lead – A History of the Diocesan Boys' School Hong Kong'' (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2009)
External links
Official Homepage of Diocesan Boys' SchoolDiocesan Boys School Seventy Years Ago by W. J. Howard
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