Tack Ching Girls' Secondary School () is a girls school in the
Sham Shui Po District of Kowloon, Hong Kong. In 2004 The school was relocated to a new school building at
Hing Wah Street West and Sham Mong Road in
Cheung Sha Wan.
History
The schoolTack Ching Girls' Secondary School.jpg grew out of a primary school
Tack Ching School founded by the
Sisters of the Precious Blood in 1923 at
Nam Cheong Street. It was later relocated to
Un Chau Street
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in 1929. In 1929 the primary school expanded to secondary education and thus was renamed ''Tack Ching Girls' Secondary School''. The school suspended operation from 1941 and 1945 during the period of
Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. In 1945 the school resumed teaching and opened a branch in
Wan Chai, which became
Precious Blood Secondary School in 1946. In 1949 the school moved to a new building in Un Chau Street near the junction of
Yen Chow Street and
Castle Peak Road
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in
Sham Shui Po with a grand opening by the then-
Hong Kong Governor Alexander Grantham. After more than 50 years, the school was relocated again to the present site following the reclamation of Cheung Sha Wan.
External links
Official website
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Girls' schools in Hong Kong
Secondary schools in Hong Kong
Educational institutions established in 1923
Cheung Sha Wan
1923 establishments in Hong Kong