Kowloon Technical School () is a technical secondary school founded by the

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near

Cheung Sha Wan station Cheung Sha Wan () is an underground station located underneath Cheung Sha Wan Road in Sham Shui Po District on the of Hong Kong MTR, between and . It was opened on 17 May 1982. The station's colour is Yellow brown. The station was origina ...

. The school motto is ''Thorough'' (貫徹始終).

Structure

The school is run as a government technical secondary school, emphasizing on Whole Person Education (全人教育). In addition to the typical secondary school curriculum, KTS enriches their students with a wide range of subjects including technical, commerce, civil education, and information technology. The list of elective subjects includes literature, science, social science, informational technology, and commerce. In the 2005-06 academic year, the school has a total of 29 classes. There are 5 classes each from Form 1 - 5 (7th - 11th grade), and 2 classes each from Form 6 - 7 (12th - 13th grade).

Features

Kowloon Technical School provides their students with a strong curriculum in

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and

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. Together with the traditional science and technology education, students can learn advanced subjects ranging from

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, graphic communications, to

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. General personal development is another area of emphasis. Students develop their skills and abilities through the study of a wide range of subjects including physical education, music, arts, civic education, general studies, etc.

History

Originally called Sham Shui Po Technical School, the school was founded on 11 September 1961. In 1964, it merged with Fuk Wah Secondary Modern School (福華街實用中學) and was renamed as Kowloon Technical School. As a result of the merger, the school became the largest secondary school in

at the time. In the late 1960s and 1970s, Kowloon Technical School had more than 1900 students with 51 classes. However, due to rapid development of other areas in Kowloon, families have started to move to new areas away from Sham Shui Po. The student population has gradually reduced to around 1100. In 1997, the ''Review of Prevocational and Secondary Technical Education'' proposed that technical schools change their name by removing the labelling terms. Kowloon Technical School was invited to change their name to ''Kowloon Government Secondary School'' (九龍官立中學). However, due to the strong objections from the school administration, the original name of the school was preserved. In 1998, the teaching language was changed from English to Chinese. In 1999, the School Management Committee of Government Schools was founded.

Notable alumni

Vincent Cheng Vincent Cheng Hoi-Chuen GBS OBE JP (, 16 July 1948 – 28 August 2022) was a Hong Kong banker who was HSBC Holdings plc. He was also chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, the Asia-Pacific branch of HSBC and f ...

–

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Asia Pacific President *

Ambrose Lee Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong (; 17 August 1948 – 14 August 2022) was a Hong Kong politician, Secretary for Security of Hong Kong and a member of the Executive Council. He was appointed to his post on 5 August 2003, replacing Regina Ip. Backgro ...

– ex-HKSAR Secretary for Security Bureau * Albert Cheng – LegCo member * Ka-Ki Kwok – LegCo member * Ming-Yum Ng – former LegCo member (deceased) *

Anthony Wong Yiu-ming Anthony Wong Yiu-ming (; born 16 June 1962) is a Hong Kong singer, songwriter, actor, record producer and political activist. He rose to prominence as the vocalist for the Cantopop duo Tat Ming Pair during the 1980s before embarking on a solo ca ...

– singer *

Edward Yiu Edward Yiu Chung-yim (; born 19 July 1964) is a Hong Kong academic, scholar and former politician who is currently an associate professor of property at the University of Auckland Business School. He is a former member of the Legislative Council ...

– LegCo member

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Notable alumni

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