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King Ling College () is an aided secondary school founded by the King Ling Foundation for Education and Culture in September 1994 in
Tseung Kwan O Tseung Kwan O New Town is one of the nine new towns in Hong Kong, built mainly on reclaimed land in the northern half of Junk Bay (known as Tseung Kwan O in Chinese/Cantonese language) in southeastern New Territories, after which it is named ...
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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 ...
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School Mission

To foster Chinese culture and civic awareness while emphasizing the five areas of moral, intellectual, physical, social and aesthetic development of students so as to nurture them to be knowledgeable, cultured, committed and highly ethical learners.


School information

The school enjoys a full house of teachers professionally trained, with 80% received a master's degree or higher academic qualifications (2015). Awards include National Geographic Think Great Awards (2008), and
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(regional: 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2016; world finals: 2007, 2010, 2016). It is one of the first schools to teach Chinese classes in ''
putonghua Standard Chinese ()—in linguistics Standard Northern Mandarin or Standard Beijing Mandarin, in common speech simply Mandarin, better qualified as Standard Mandarin, Modern Standard Mandarin or Standard Mandarin Chinese—is a modern standar ...
'' in Hong Kong. It provides education for students in Chinese, English, Mathematics, Science, Arts, Physical, technology, and personal, social and humanities education. Under the leadership of Dr. Anson Yang, whose expertise is in English and curriculum and instruction, the school will continue to emphasize the learning of Chinese culture with additional attention to English medium of instruction. There are over 40 extra curricula activity groups within the school, which can be divided into five categories that includes academic, sports, interests, music and social services.


School facilities

For basic school facilities, the school has a roof garden, a 1200-seat auditorium, and a 600-seat canteen. Every classroom has air conditioning and liquid-crystal projector installed. For sports, the school has an in-door swimming pool, two basketball courts, one handball court, five badminton courts and a football court.


Senior Secondary Curriculum

The senior secondary subjects include Biology, Business, Accounting and Financial Studies, Chemistry, Chinese, Chinese history, Chinese literature, Economics, English, Geography, History, Information and Communication Technology, Liberal studies, Mathematics, Physical Education and Physics. Students in senior secondary one will be allowed to choose two to three electives.


See also

* Education in Hong Kong *
List of secondary schools in Hong Kong {{Use dmy dates, date=July 2014 The list of secondary schools in Hong Kong is arranged by 18 districts of Hong Kong. It includes government schools, aided schools, Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) schools, private schools, as well as English Schools F ...


References


External links


Official site
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