Helen Liang Memorial Secondary School (Shatin) (HLMSS, ) is a secondary school in

Sha Tin Sha Tin, also spelt Shatin, is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District. Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project. The ...

, Hong Kong. The primary school division was founded in 1961, while the secondary school division was founded in 1977 and relocated to the current site of

in 1988.

History

YC Liang

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(梁昌) was a businessman in

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and

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. During

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, he was an anti-Japanese

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in the

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(BAAG). After the war, he founded Yin Cheong Co., Ltd. with his wife, Helen Liang (whose Chinese name contains the word Yin), and they had 5 sons and 2 daughters. Helen Liang died in 1960. Thus in 1961, YC Liang donated money to the Hong Kong Government to found Helen Liang Memorial Primary School to commemorate his deceased wife. The campus location was at

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(nearby the Blake Garden), and the school was opened by the then Financial Secretary

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, who was the Godfather of Helen Liang. Before the merger of the

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in 1963, the United College temporarily borrowed half of the Po Hing Fong building of Helen Liang Memorial Primary School as their campus from 1961 to 1962 (the then president was Dr. Ling Daoyang). Helen Liang Memorial Secondary School was founded in 1977. The funding was donated by YC Liang again. It was also located in

and named after Ms. Helen Liang, the deceased wife. In 1988, the Hong Kong Government had granted land of 11,000 square meters in

Tai Wai Tai Wai () is an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong, located between Sha Tin and the Lion Rock, within the Sha Tin District. With three rapid transit stations, one of which an interchange station serving two lines, five bus termini and ...

for Helen Liang Memorial Secondary School to build her new campus, and the school thus relocated from

. The school has also been expanding over the years and has added a lot of facilities. The former site of 40 Po Hing Fong is now the King's College Old Boys' Association Primary School No. 2. It is also the exact location of the

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in 1925.

Feature

Helen Liang Memorial Secondary School (Shatin) locates on a mound in Sha Tin, embraced by a verdant environment. Inside the school stands the outdoor theatre and curved flower path which is peculiar in Hong Kong.

Facilities

There are currently 28 standard classrooms with independent air-conditioning systems (simply it is just 2 air-conditioners per classroom), and includes a science laboratory, several computer rooms, a multi-media learning center, and a literature center. There are also a hall (which is like an

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but in

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style), a library, an outdoor

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, an indoor playground with a small digital notice board, and an indoor cafeteria.

Notable alumni

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: Actor and martial art champion in Asia

Nearby historical site

* Beacon Hill Tunnel: The 100-year-old tunnel which is located at Hin Tin,

. The tunnel was originally used as the monorail railway used by the British section of the

Kowloon–Canton Railway The Kowloon–Canton Railway (KCR; ) was a railway network in Hong Kong.Legislative Council information paper CB(1)357/07-08(0 THB(T) CR 8/986/00, CB(1)1749/07-08(0/ref> It was owned and operated by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC ...

. It was designed by architect Frederick Southey in 1906 and opened in 1910. After the

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of the train in 1981, the tunnel was converted to a gas transmission pipeline. *Sha Tin Water Treatment Work: Located at Hin Tin,

and opened in 1964. It is the largest water filtration plant in Hong Kong. It was refurbished in 2015 due to aging facilities.水務署 – 沙田濾水廠原地重置工程(南廠)
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References

External links

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Helen Liang Memorial Secondary School (Shatin), Hong Kong Website
{{Sha Tin District Secondary schools in Hong Kong Tai Wai