Tak Oi Secondary School

Tak Oi Secondary School () is a girl's

secondary school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...

situated in

Tsz Wan Shan Tsz Wan Shan () is a residential area in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Located below Temple Hill, it is administratively part of Wong Tai Sin District. (Note that Temple Hill is also called ''Tsz Wan Shan'' , but Tsz Wan Shan usually refers to the are ...

Wong Tai Sin Wong Tai Sin or Huang Daxian () is a Chinese Taoist Deity popular in Jinhua, Zhejiang, and Hong Kong with the power of healing. The name, meaning the "Great Immortal Wong (Huang)", is the divine form of Huang Chuping or Wong Cho Ping (; c. 328 ...

, Hong Kong. It was established in 1970 by the

Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception The Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception are members of a religious congregation of women dedicated to serve in the nations of the world most in need. Founded in 1902 by Délia Tétreault (1865-1941) in Canada, they were the first such ...

, M.I.C. It was founded in 1970 in response to the needs of the Hong Kong society and the request of the Catholic Bishop

Lawrence Bianchi Lorenzo Bianchi (; 1 April 1899 – 13 February 1983) was born in Italy, at Corteno, near Brescia. Mons. Lorenzo Bianchi was ordained Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) on 23 September 1922 and arrived in Hong Kong o ...

. At that time, the Government was developing the area of Tsz Wan Shan, a district near Wong Tai Sin in East Kowloon. The official opening of the school and unveiling of the plaque was officiated by Mr. J. Canning, Director of Education in 1971. The name of the school "Tak Oi" meaning "Good Love", was specially chosen to complete the theological Virtues of Faith, Hope and Love, which are also the names of the M.I.C. schools in Hong Kong (Tak Sun School, Good Hope School, Tak Oi Secondary School). The school uses English as a medium of instruction. Secondary schools in Hong Kong Wong Tai Sin District {{HongKong-school-stub