Queen's College () is the first public

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founded by the British colonial government in

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. It was initially named The Government Central School () in 1862 and later renamed Victoria College () in 1890, and finally obtained the present name of Queen's College in 1894. It is currently located in

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Brief history

The history of the college can be traced back to the Chinese village schools that were believed to have existed prior to the founding of

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as a colony in 1842. In August 1847, the British colonial government decreed that grants would be given to existing Chinese village schools in Hong Kong. It appointed an Education Committee in November of that year to examine the state of Chinese schools in Victoria,

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and

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, the aim being to bring the schools under closer government supervision. Following its examinations, the Committee reported that 3 Chinese village schools, namely Taipingshan School (28 pupils), Chungwan School (18 pupils) and Sheungwan School (21 pupils) were operating actively within Victoria City under Chinese masters Mr. Chuy Shing-cheung, Mr. Leung Sing-Than and Mr. Mak Mai-chun, respectively. The books used in these schools included the '' Three Character Classic'', and the ''

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''. This marked the beginning of the establishment of public education in Hong Kong. Subsequently, government intervention in the provision of education in Hong Kong increased, and in 1857, it established new schools, including West Point School, to meet the ever-increasing demand for education in the burgeoning entrepôt. In 1860, the British sinologist Rev. Dr.

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proposed that the Board of Education establish a Central School that would amalgamate the 3 existing government sponsored and monitored Chinese schools (Taipingshan, Chungwan and Sheungwan) in Victoria City. Two years later, a Government Central School on Gough Street, Central, opened its doors to the public in 1862. Its first headmaster was Dr. Frederick Stewart, who was also appointed Inspector of Schools in the Colony. As Headmaster, he was responsible for the supervision of all schools in Hong Kong until March 1879, when the Government established a separate office for the Inspector; this later became the precursor to the

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, which was then incorporated into the

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. In its first five years, the school admitted only Chinese students as a matter of policy. In 1867, it began admitting students of other nationalities, such as British, Indian, Parsee, Japanese and Thai. While Chinese students had to enroll in English classes, students from other nationalities were not expected to study the Chinese classics. Secular schooling sparked a great deal of controversy with the

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and religious leaders. On many occasions, the Governor personally scrutinized and intervened in the operations of these schools. Later, the Government established a grant program that enabled religious schools to compete on par with the Central School for funding. On 26 April 1884, a foundation stone was laid on Aberdeen Street for the school's new premises by Sir George Bowen, Governor from 1883 to 1887. Witnessing the ceremony was

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, then a student at the school. On the Governor's recommendation, the school was to be renamed Victoria College following the completion of the new building. In 1889, construction of the school was completed at a cost of HKD250,000, making it one of the largest and most expensive buildings in Hong Kong at that time. In 1894, the school was officially renamed Queen's College. Since the 1870s, the Government had wanted to expand the college to become a university; however, the idea was scrapped after the outbreak of the

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in 1904. Fearing that the benefits it enjoyed in the Far-East could be jeopardized by Japan's growing influence in the region, the British colonial government decided that it was crucial to establish a university that could train graduates in war-related subjects, such as engineering and medicine. While Queen's College remained a secondary school, this eventually led to the establishment of

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in 1910. Following the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong in 1941, the school was forced to close, after which it was converted into a

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. Immediately after the fall of Hong Kong, refugees stripped the buildings of their timber for fuel. During the Japanese occupation, the school site was used by Japanese Occupying Forces. As a result, the campus was destroyed during an Allied bombing attack near the end of the War (1944 or 1945). For a brief period after, its ruins were occupied by refugees following the Japanese surrender, and fire accidents were common. Beginning in 1948, the site was cleared to make way for the PMQ. In 1947, the school re-opened in a temporary facility on Kennedy Road, sharing a campus with

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. In 1950, a new campus of Queen's College was built in Causeway Bay to accommodate the school's expansion. It moved to the present site on Causeway Road, opposite Victoria Park, on 22 September. That day, Sir Alexander Grantham, Governor of Hong Kong, announced the re-opening of Queen's College. Since then, the two-storey high building has served countless numbers of Q.C. students. Until 1951, pupils typically entered Queen's College at Class 4 (equivalent to today's Form 3). In September 1951, two additional grades were created at the bottom end of the school, the lowest grade thus becoming Class 6 (Form 1 today). For a time, these changes in organization and other factors, resulting from the rapid growth of education, led to an uneven distribution of divisions. In 1950 for instance, there were ten divisions of Class 4. In 1951, four of these divisions were transferred to King's College. From 1955, undergraduates intending to focus on the Arts were transferred to King's College and later to Belilios Public School for their Advanced Level year. From 1962, an extra Upper Sixth Form was provided to arts students so that QC boys would no longer have to study at Belilios. Meanwhile, for a brief period, Belilios Girls were sent over to Queen's to study Science. Since then, Queen's College has remained a full-time Anglo-Chinese secondary school for boys.

School Logo

At Queen's College, school logos were only officially adopted after the Second World War. Prior to the War, the school, like other government departments, used the Royal Emblem as its logo. However, Queen's College's first school logo was designed as early as 1923 by Mr Ng Ping-un, Chief Chinese draftsman of the Architectural Office. The post-war school logo changed numerous times, all of them based on Ng's 1923 design. The school's current logo was adopted in 1997 after the

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List of Top Scorers in Public Examinations

As of 2010, Queen's College has produced the highest number of perfect achievers in the history of

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(HKCEE) and Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSE), with 57 perfect scorers "10As" in HKCEE and 14 "Top Scorers" and "Super Top Scorers" in HKDSE. 7 x 5** "Top Scorers" are candidates who obtained perfect scores of 5** in each of the four core subjects and three electives. 8 x 5** "Super Top Scorers" are candidates who obtained seven Level 5** in four core subjects and three electives, and an additional Level 5** in the Mathematics Extended (M1/M2) module.

Activities and achievements

There are 49 clubs grouped under Sports, Recreational, Religious, Social Services, and Academic (Science & Arts) areas. Most clubs hold events and functions for the participation of all students and many of them organize joint events with sister schools throughout every academic year. They also actively participate in annual school Open Days. Queen's College Lobby 2018.jpg, Lobby Queen's College Level 1 Lecture Theatre 2018.jpg, Lecture Theatre Queen's College Classroom interior 2018.jpg, Classroom interior Queen's College Level 1 corridor 2018.jpg, Level 1 corridor Queen's College Lawn area1 2018.jpg, Lawn area

Hong Kong Outstanding Students Awards

Queen's College students have won 21 of the past Hong Kong Outstanding Students Awards, placing the school in

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place among all secondary schools in Hong Kong. Of the 45 winners and finalists, 21 have served on the executive committee of the Hong Kong Outstanding Students' Association (HKOSA)

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Outstanding Students Awards

Queen's College counts a total of seven winners and finalists of the Hong Kong Outstanding Students Awards from 2002 to 2017.

Publications

First published in June 1899, the Queen's College school magazine, ''The Yellow Dragon'' (), is the world's oldest existing Anglo-Chinese school magazine. A priceless historical resource, it provides a window into the evolution of education in Hong Kong and on societal evolution in the Asia Pacific region. In 2005, the magazine published its 100th volume. The Chinese section of the edition featured a brief summary of the magazine's past 100 volumes (), written by seven students to commemorate the special occasion. Another regular publication is the school newspaper, ''The Courier'' (), which has been published since 1968. Currently, 3 issues are produced each year, covering the school's major functions and featuring student contributions. In commemoration of the school's 125th anniversary, the Queen's College Old Boys' Association published a limited-edition history of the school entitled ''Queen's College: Its History 1862-1987'' in 1987. Its author, Gwyneth Stokes, whose husband John was the Principal of Queen's College from 1965 to 1970, spent 2 years researching the 494-page book in local archives and in the UK.

Scandals

In 2006, it was reported that two Queen's College students robbed a Chinese Medicine Practitioner in his clinic in Shanghai Street, Jordan with cutters and towels soaked with chloroform. Mr. Chiu Sin Hang, an assistant principal on probation, was involved in several scandals: * Pressing students to support the police in school magazine: The Queen's College Political Reform Concern Group revealed that Assistant Principal Chiu Sin Hang requested a change in topic to "police force" in the latest ''The Yellow Dragon'' at that time, in the hopes of supporting the local police force which has suffered a negative image in the

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. ''The Yellow Dragon'' later released a statement confirming the request from Chiu and stated that principal Ms. Li Sui-wah rejected said request. This event caused outrage not just between students and alumni as it inflected students' freedom in expression and created unnecessary burden on the students in charge. * Failure to declare interests attained in beer-drinking contest: Assistant Principal Chiu Sin Hang attended a dinner event held by the Queen's College Old Boys' Association in which he participated in a beer-drinking contest and prevailed. He won a travel coupon to Macau of around $5000 in value. It was alleged that Chiu did not declare the said prize to his senior or the Education Bureau, breaching the ''Civil Service Code'' and the ''Prevention of Bribery Ordinance'', albeit the School Principal was attending the same event and noticing his winning the contest and the travel coupon.

List of Alumni

Politicians, judges, diplomats, and military staff

, the chief leader of the 1911

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, the founding Provisional President of the

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. He has been recognized as the "Father of the Nation" by the Chinese in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and overseas; while being called the "Forerunner of the Revolution" by the

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Government. *

Liao Zhongkai Liao Zhongkai (April 23, 1877 – August 20, 1925) was a Chinese-American Kuomintang leader and financier. He was the principal architect of the first Kuomintang–Chinese Communist Party (KMT–CCP) United Front in the 1920s. He was assassin ...

, major Chinese revolutionary leader, the executive member of the

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Central Committee, foreign minister, military minister, financial minister, and labour minister of the

. He was assassinated by the rightists in Guangzhou, 20 August 1925. *

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, diplomat, politician. He was the first Prime Minister of the

, the first president of Shandong University, and an early overseas student who studied at

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. He was assassinated by Kuomintang in 1938. *

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, Judge of

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, the

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; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Justice, First Cabinet of the

, 1912. * Chan Kam-tao (), Minister of Finance, First Cabinet of the

, of Dr. Sun's Southern Government in

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during the 1920s. * Wen Tsung-yao, administrative director, Dr. Sun's Southern Government in

during the 1920s. * Luk King-fo (), Head of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Sun's Southern Government in

during the 1920s. * Leung Lan-fan,

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's first Consul General to

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during the 1900s, and Superintendent of Customs in

during the 1920s. * Robbie Ho Sai-lai (), General of the Republic of China Army; Chief Representative of China to the

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. He studied at British and French artillery schools. * Raymond Wong Chok-mui (), Second director of Xinhua News Agency-Hong Kong branch; founder of Xinhua's London branch. Member of Dongjiang Anti-Japanese Guerilla. The only Chinese Communist Party member to receive an MBE and invitation from King George VI to attend WWII Victory Parade in London. *

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, the Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the

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. *

Rafael Hui Rafael Hui Si-yan (born 8 February 1948) is a former Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong and career civil servant. Hui has been dubbed "Old Master Hui" () and "Fat Dragon" (). Hui was appointed as a Justice of the Peace on 1986 ...

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of the HKSAR Government (December 2005 - June 2007). * Wong Yan Lung, Senior Counsel, Secretary for Justice of the HKSAR Government (December 2005 - June 2012). * York Chow, Secretary for Health, Welfare, and Food, the HKSAR Government (Effective December 2005). * Norman Chan, Ex-vice-president of

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(1996–2005); vice-chairman of Standard Chartered Asia Pacific (2005-); Founding member of the think-tank Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre (2006); Chief Executive of

(Effective October 2009) * Kwok Kwok-chuen (), Honorary Senior Research Fellow in University of Hong Kong, former Government Economist of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, former Chief Regional Economist, East Asia, of the Standard Chartered Bank. * Ronny Tong, Senior Counsel, former Legislative Councillor from the Article 45 Concern Group; former Chairman of the

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. *

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, former Legislative Councillor, Chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China. *

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, Executive Council Member. * Peter Lai, First Chinese Secretary for Security before Handover; First Secretary for Security of HKSAR. * Lam Woon-kwong, Director of the Chief Executive's Office of HKSAR (2002–2005), previously the Chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission.

Medical doctors

* Man-Kai Wan (, 1869-1927), one of the first Chinese doctors of Western Medicine in Hong Kong, the inaugural Chairman of the Hong Kong Chinese Medical Association (1920-1922, forerunner of Hong Kong Medical Association) and one of the founders of Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital He practiced Western Medicine with

in a joint clinic and sheltered

during the Chinese Revolution. His niece is Lee Sun Chau, one of the first female doctors of Western Medicine in China. * Ko Wing-man, former Secretary for Food and Health of the HKSAR Government (2012–20)

Businessmen

* Ho Fook, businessman and philanthropist * Ho Kai, founder, Hong Kong College of Medicine, predecessor of the

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* Robert Ho Tung, businessman and philanthropist * Stanley Ho, former chairman, Shun Tak Holdings Limited * Kan Tung-po (), co-founder,

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* Lau Chu-pak, founder,

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* Lee Hysan, founder, Hysan Development Company Limited, transformed Jardine's Hill into Lee Gardens * Jehangir Hormusjee Ruttonjee, founded first brewery in Hong Kong; founder, Ruttonjee Hospital * Tse Tsan-tai, co-founder,

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* B. Wong Tape (1875–1967), merchant,

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, New Zealand

Academics

* Tony F. Chan, assistant director, Directorate for Mathematics and Physical Sciences, National Science Foundation; Professor, Computational & Applied Math Group, Department of Mathematics, UCLA. President of

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since 1 September 2009. * Chan Sze Chi, religious scholar and one of the founders of the

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* Chan Wai Yee (), Pro-vice-chancellor / Vice President, Professor and director of School of Biomedical Sciences, Master of CW Chu College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. * Edward K.Y. Chen (), vice-chancellor of

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, Hong Kong. * Jack Cheng () Pro-vice-chancellor / vice-president, professor of orthopaedics and traumatology, Chinese University of Hong Kong. * Steven N. S. Cheung, well-known economist in Hong Kong, formerly Professor of Economics at

. * Cheung Yau-kai (), Honorary Professor of Engineering and Special Adviser to the vice-chancellor of

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; formerly pro-vice-chancellor and acting deputy vice-chancellor. * Chiang Mung, Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State, United States. President of

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and the John A. Edwardson Dean of its College of Engineering. Previously Arthur LeGrand Doty, Professor of Electrical Engineering,

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. 2013 Alan T. Waterman Award recipient. * Fok Tai-fai (), Pro-vice-chancellor, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. *Vincent Kwan Pun-Fong (), associate director, HKU Zhejiang Institute of Research and Innovation, Hangzhou; Honorary Professor, The University of Hong Kong. * Kwan Tze-wan (), Emeritus Professor, former Head of department, Department of Philosophy, Chinese University of Hong Kong. * Vincent Lee Hon-leung (), Director of the School of Pharmacy, Chinese University of Hong Kong. * Chi-Kwong Li, Ferguson Professor of Mathematics,

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* Simon Shen (), international politics critic, Table-host of ROUNDTABLE, Adjunct Associate Professor, Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies,

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. * Joseph Sung Jao-yiu (), one of the most significant figures in Hong Kong's fighting with the

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in 2003. He was the Associate Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong. Vice-chancellor and president of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (1 July 2010 to 31 December 2017). * Tse Lai-Sing, Francis (), Vice President, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research; Adjunct Professor, Nankai University, Tianjin; Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer, Lab Testing Division, . * Wang Wenshan (), sociologist, anarchist, student leader at the

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during the

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1919. He contacted the Chinese

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and once met

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. * Wong Kai-chi (), writer, translator, literary critic of Chinese literature, former Head of department, Department of Chinese Language and Literature,

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. * Wong Kwok-pun, Lawrence (), Professor at the Department of Translation of Lingnan University in Hong Kong. His famous Chinese poem 'On Listening to Chan's Zither Performance' (translated from the Chinese title ''), written in the 1980s, has been one of the prescribed texts of the Chinese Language syllabus of the

from 1993 to 2006. * Yuen Kwok-yung, Henry Fok Professor in Infectious Diseases, chair and Head of the Department of Microbiology at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong

List of Headmasters and Principals

* Dr. Frederick Stewart (1862–1881) * Dr. G. H. Bateson Wright (, 1881–1909) * Mr. Thomas Kirkman Dealy,

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, FCS, DRF (

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) (, 1909–1918) * Mr. Bertram Tanner,

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(, 1918–1925) * Mr. Alfred Herbert Crook, OBE,

(, 1925–1930) * Mr. Francis Joseph de Rome, MBE (, 1930–1939) * Mr. M. G. O'Connor (Acting) (1939–1941) * Mr. L. G. Morgan (Acting) (1947) * Mr. J. J. Ferguson (Acting) (1947) * Mr. Harry Norman Williamson, OBE (, 1947–1961) * Mr. Cheung King-pak (, 1961–1964) * Mr. Wong Yee-wa (Acting) (1964) * Mr. F. C. Gamble (, 1964–1965) * Mr. John Stokes (, 1965–1970) * Mr. Raymond Huang (, 1970–1973) * Mr. William Cheng Hsü-ning (, 1973–1976) * Mr. Timothy Yung (, 1976–1982) * Mr. Chew Tung-sing (, 1982–1987) * Mr. Kong Shiu-chung (, 1987–1994) * Mr. Lee Kar-hung (, 1994–2000) * Ms. Kitty Cheung Lam Lai-king (, 2000–2003) * Mr. Vincent Li Lok-yin (, 2003–2013) * Ms. Li Sui-wah (, 2013–2018) * Ms. Leung Yvetta Ruth (, 2018-2024) * Mr. Chan Cheung-wai Eric (, 2024-)

List of Head Prefects

* Leung Fok Tin (1911) * Tsang On Wing (1912) * Tang Shu Ham (1913) * C.O. Daneng (1914) * A.M. Abbas (1915) * S.D. Ismah (1916) * Leung Chuek Hin (1916) * Ng Ming (1917) * S.O. Snail (1918) * Tsoi Tse Shek (1919) * Wei Tat (1920) * Iu Tak Cheuk (1921) * Ho Tung Fan (1922) * Ching Ming Chow (1923) * Cheng Iu Man (1924) * Frank Grose (1925) * Hu Pak Mi (1926) * Cheung King Pak (1927) * Fung Tin Yau (1928) * Mok Ying Kee (1929) * V.V. Soonderam (1930) * Arch E Hunt (1931) * Hung Ng Chiu (1932) * Lai Kee Leung (1933) * Mok Kai Wing (1934) * S Lee (1935) * Lo Kan (1936) * Hung Shek Chiu (1937) * Au Hung Cho (1938) * Ng Shun Leung (1939) * Lam Sui Kwan (1940) * Wong Yue Shing (1941) * Tso Shiu Chiu (1953) * Tse Siu Man (1954) * Tong Tak Kim (1955) * Ko Shan Ling (1956) * Kwok Yau Yan (1957) * Leung Sung Shan (1958) * Lau Hon Shung (1959) * Lee Shew Lai (1960) * Yue Shu Hoi (1961) * Tam Lam Sang (1962) * Wong Chak Po (1963) * Chow Chee Cheung (1964) * Wong Sui Leung (1965) * Au Wai Hin (1966) * Fung Chuen Fai (1967) * Chu Kwong Yue (1968) * Poon Tek Cheung (1969) * Lee Shu Wing (1970) * Leung Chi Chiu (1971) * Chen Chung I (1972) * Chung Chi Wai (1973) * Li Tin Chiu (1974) * Ng Kwok Fan (1975) * Poon Chung Ho (1976) * Chan Che Tung (1977) * Tse Kin Wah (1978) * Tang Shu Wing (1979) * Yau Tsz Kok (1980) * Lee Kwok Lun (1981) * Yip Kam Keung (1982) * Wong Yan Lung (1981–82) * Salleh Siddique (1982–83) * Chan Ho Yin (1983–84) * Lee Kang Yin (1984–85) * Chan Tze Wang (1985–86) * Chow Wai Shum (1986–87) * Ma Yu Moon (1987–88) * Kan Kin Hong (1988–89) * Chang Chi Ho (1989–90) * Yip Kam Leung (1990–91) * Yip Wing Kong (1991–92) * Chung Chong Sun (1992–93) * Tsui Siu Kay Gordon (1993–94) * Chi Yuk Lun (1994–95) * Chiang Mung (1995–96) * Ko Cheuk Hin (1996–97) * Cheung Wan Chi (1997–98) * Tong Chi Keung (1998–99) * Lam Shi (1999-2000) * Lee Wing Cheong (2000–01) * Lee Chun Hong (2001–02) * Chiu Kwun Sau (2002–03) * Cheung Ming Fun (2003–04) * Cheung Yik Nang (2004–05) * Tse Cheuk Yin Andrew (2005–06) * Ko Wang Yui (2006–07) * Chia Chi Fung (2007–08) * Chan Tin Yau (2008–09) * Lee Tat Fung Billy (2009–10) * Ng Chi Ho Gary (2010–11) * Tse Tak Mong Desmond (2011–12) * Leung Ka Kei (2012–13) * Mak Li Shun (2013–14) * Hon Pun Yat (2014–15) * Choy Wai Chak (2015–16) * Yuen Wai Him (2016–17) * Lau Pok Wai (2017–18) * Ng Shing Him (2018–19) * Fung Wing Kan (2019–20) * Pang Ho (2020–21) * Yeung Ho Eden (2021–22) * Hu Wang Hei (2022–23) * Chun Yuk Hei (2023-24) * Kwong Yu Chung (2024-25)

Queen's College History Museum

History The Queen's College History Gallery was established in 2013 to illustrate the history of the school and to serve as an archive for preserving and restoring school-related artifacts, documents and relevant publications. To give the 4000-piece strong collection and exhibition a more favourable environment, a new purpose-built museum converted from several classrooms was completed and opened on 23 January 2017. Renamed the Queen's College History Museum, it currently hosts a permanent exhibition entitled "From Gough Street to Causeway Road: Change and Continuity of Queen's College" curated by Old Boys Honorary Curators. List of Special Exhibitions * 2017-18 - Special Collections: Photos, Reports, Publications & Correspondences * 2018-19 - The Early Days of Queen's College * 2019-20 - 120th Anniversary of The Yellow Dragon * 2020-21 - Brotherhood Over a Century: Centenary of the QC Old Boys' Association * 2021-22 - Treasures of a School History Museum: 160 Years of Queen's College in 16 Objects

References

External links

{{Commons category, Queen's College, Hong Kong
Official Website of Queen's College

Official Website of the Queen's College History Museum
Educational institutions established in 1862 Causeway Bay Secondary schools in Hong Kong Government schools in Hong Kong Boys' schools in Hong Kong 1862 establishments in Hong Kong