Hong Kong Taoist Association Tang Hin Memorial Secondary School (, abbreviated as THMSS) is a

secondary school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...

located in Choi Yuen Estate,

Sheung Shui Sheung Shui (, literally "Above-water") is an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong. Sheung Shui Town, a part of this area, is part of the Fanling–Sheung Shui New Town in the North District of Hong Kong. Fanling Town is to its southeast ...

Hong Kong 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 Delt ...

. It is one of the most famous schools in

and it is a band

school. It has a good academic result in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education, DSE exam. The main medium of instruction is

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

. The school motto is "Grasp Principles, Cultivate Virtues" ().

History

The school was established in 1982. It is the second school owned by

Hong Kong Taoist Association Hong Kong Taoist Association () is a Taoist organisation in Hong Kong. It promotes Taoism in Hong Kong and provides a series of charity services in Hong Kong, including education, medical, child care, youth activities, elderly care. In November 2 ...

and it is the first secondary school of the association. At the time it was established, it was a band 5 secondary school with a modest reputation. But after the hard work of previous students, the school progressively made great improvements in examinations and it changed to a band 2 school later in 1997. After that, it has transformed into a band 1 school in 2003. Since then, the school has attained good exam results every year and has been one of the top schools in

. Also, it is recognized as the best school in

New Territories The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it ...

. In 2007, 2008, and 2015, four students got 10A and 1 got 9 5** results in the Public Examination (HKCE)(HKAL)(HKDSE).

Subjects

Principal

* Mr.

Poon Huen Wai Poon may refer to: * The Calophyllum, also known as the "''Poon Tree''" * Poon (surname), an East Asian surname * ''Po-on'' (novel), a novel by Filipino author F. Sionil José * Poon (county), a former county in Kwangtung (Guangdong), China Ot ...

(From 1982 to 2007) * Mr.

Lau Chi Yuen Lau or LAU may refer to: People * Lau (surname) * Liu (劉/刘), a common Chinese family name transliterated Lau in Cantonese and Hokkien * Lau clan, one of the Saraswat Brahmin clans of Punjab * LAU (musician): Laura Fares Places * Lebane ...

(From 2007 to 2020) * Mr.

Wong Shun Tak Wong may refer to: Name * Wong (surname), a Chinese surname Places * Wong Chuk Hang, an area to the east of Aberdeen on Hong Kong Island * Wong Chuk Hang Estate, a public housing estate in Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong * Wong Chuk Hang Road, a ma ...

(From 2020 until now)

Transport

The school is located next to

Sheung Shui station Sheung Shui (; : , literally "Above-water") is the penultimate northbound station on the in Hong Kong. This station serves as the terminus of northbound trains after the Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau boundary crossings have closed for the day. It is ...

, near

Choi Yuen Choi may refer to: * Choi (Korean surname), a Korean surname * Choi, Macau Cantonese transliteration of the Chinese surname Cui (崔) and Xu (徐) * Choi, Cantonese romanisation of Cai (surname) (蔡), a Chinese surname * CHOI-FM, a radio station ...

bus terminus.

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