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New Asia Middle School (sky blue version)

New Asia Middle School (), abbreviated as NAMS, is an

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founded in 1973. It is located at Farm Road,

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. The school was founded by Prof.

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as a non-profit-making Chinese secondary school at the former campus of

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, after the latter became a member college of the

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and moved to

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. The spirit of the school is to promote

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, revive Chinese ethics, and cultivate the ''New Asian qualities'' of students. Recently, the school uses Chinese as the main medium of instruction, offering four classes each from Form 1 to Form 6. In the 1970s, the members of the school board included Prof.

Tang Chun-i Tang Chun-I or Tang Junyi (, 17 January 1909 – 2 February 1978) was a Chinese philosopher, who was one of the leading exponents of New Confucianism. He was influenced by Plato and Hegel, as well as by earlier Confucian thought. Biography ...

and Prof.

Yu Ying-shih Yu Ying-shih (; 22 January 1930 – 1 August 2021) was a Chinese-born American historian, sinologist, and the Gordon Wu '58 Professor of Chinese Studies, Emeritus, at Princeton University. He was known for his mastery of sources for Chinese hi ...

etc. The school receives positive evaluation of students' polite behaviour from shop owners as well as the staff working in the vicinity.

School administration

The founder of the school was Prof.

. After their retirement from college as

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, Prof.

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and Prof.

Xu Fuguan Hsu Fu-kuan or Xu Fuguan (); 1902/03 – 1982) was a Chinese intellectual and historian who made notable contributions to Confucian studies. He is a leading member of New Confucianism, a philosophical movement initiated by Xu's teacher and frien ...

helped found the school. The school is currently sponsored by New Asia Educational Cultural Association. In 2007, the IMC was established in accordance with the ''Hong Kong Education Ordinance'' to promote the effective development of school administration. ;Members of the school board In the 1970s, the members of the school board included Prof.

, Prof. Xun Guo-dong (孫國棟) and Prof.

etc., and most of them were

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s or

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s. Later, Mr. Heung Shu Fai (香樹輝), a famous banker in Hong Kong, became one of the managers of the school. ;Supervisors Recently, Mr. Wat Kai Chau () is the supervisor. ;Principals ;Vice principals

Campus environment

Its campus consists of four complexes: Block A with a library and the '' New Asia Institute'' inside, Block B, Block C and Block S (the Pillar).

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School administration

Campus environment

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