St. Joseph's College, Hong Kong
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Established in 1875, St. Joseph's College (SJC; traditional Chinese: 聖若瑟書院; Jyutping
: sing3 joek6 sat1 syu1 jyun2; demonym
: Josephian) is the oldest Catholic boys' secondary school
in Hong Kong
. It is located at 7 Kennedy Road
, Mid-levels
, in the Central and Western District
. The College enrollment is about 1198; together with the affiliated kindergarten and primary school at 48 Wood Road, the enrollment of the schools now exceeds 4200.
The sponsoring body of the College is the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
. Known as the 'Lasallian
Brothers', the Institute's spirit is of faith and zeal: to have faith in God and an ardent zeal to teach the children, helping them in developing themselves so to live as brothers and sisters in a world of justice. In accordance, the mission of the College is "to educate students in areas of intellectual, physical, social, moral and emotional development" and "to impart a human and Christian education...and to do so with faith and zeal".
The College provides education which emphasises not only academic but also extracurricular activities. The College also aims at stimulating the social awareness of the students, with a number of alumni becoming important social figures.
The college is best known for its academic results in 2010, St. Joseph's College got 4 students who achieved 10"A"s in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination, the result achieved is the best in all secondary schools in Hong Kong.
The freedom that the school grant to the students are also well known, especially through the Green and White Day (Open Day) which is organized by the Students' Union. In the 130th and 135th anniversary, the school pioneered the use of fireworks for the closing ceremony of the days. Theme songs which are written, edited, sung by the Students' Union are also produced in each year's Open Day starting from the 130th anniversary. Students are called as Josephians and are united, old boys always show their full support no matter in renewal project or other school functions like the Walkathon or Students' Festival, this is generally described as the Green and White Spirit or Josephians Spirit.
The north and west blocks of the College are declared monuments of Hong Kong
.
commercial school named St. Saviour's College, established on Pottinger Street
in 1860. Father Timoleon Raimondi
, who was then the bishop
of the Colony, convinced Rome to send the Lasallian Brothers to the British Colony. On 7 November 1875 six Lasallian Brothers arrived in Hong Kong: Brothers Hidulphe Marie (Director), Hidulphe de Jesus, and Hebertus from the Boarding school of Marseilles; Brother Adrian Edmund and Aldolphus Marie from the Novitiate
of London; and Brother Isfrid from Paris. They renamed the school after Saint Joseph
, the patron saint of workers and the Universal Church.
At the time of the takeover the school had just seventy-five students. That year, hundreds of Portuguese families had taken refuge in Hong Kong as a disastrous typhoon had swept over Macau
, so after weeks the enrollment had doubled and it became evident that an extension to the present building had to be contemplated. Mgr.
Raimondi
purchased a house (Buxley Lodge) situated at 99 Caine Road
for $14,000 in June 1876, and the Brothers at once moved into it.
Experiences of the Lasallian Brothers proved to be beneficial to the school, especially when the first Director, Brother Hidulphe Marie, had success with schools in Agra
and Colombo
. In 1879 the enrollment had already increased to 259, making it the largest grant-in-aid school in the colony and second largest school overall; the largest school at that time was Central School (now Queen's College
) with an attendance of 590. In the same year the first class for Chinese students (Anglo-Chinese school) was opened. Academic results were outstanding, with a passing rate at 90.71%.
and Quebec
and had held the directorship of several schools in his native land, Canada, previous to his experience in London and Paris. In order to cater for the needs of the fast-growing school, a piece of land in Glenealy below Robinson Road
was bought and a two-storey Victorian
building became home to the College in 1881.
In January, 1884, Brother Ivarch Louis arrived in Hong Kong as Director. The College had already secured a prominent place among the leading education establishments and its influence radiated through all the countries of the Far East
, with boarding
students from the Philippines
, Indochina
, Siam, Malaya
and elsewhere. In 1889 he was called to Colombo and Brother Abban took his place. Enrollment had been increased to 409 and two Chinese staff were employed by the college; in the same year a third storey was added to the school building for the accommodation of the boarders. The wings were further added in 1901.
The College soon became outstanding in both academic and sports fields. Students from the three higher classes (the "Oxford Classes") led by Brother Stephen Buckley from Cork
got top results in Oxford University examinations. The College also became a cradle for the success achieved on the sports field of the Colony, especially in the area of soccer.
On 13 February 1918, a fifty-second earthquake
struck the colony and the Robinson Road
campus
was severely damaged. Subsequently Principal Brother Aimar bought the Club Germania with its commodious grounds at 7 Kennedy Road
on 3 September - the splendid German building was confisicated by the Custodian of Enemy Property of the British Colonial Government since the outbreak of World War I. The top floor of the five-storey Victorian
building was the Brothers' Quarters. The third floor was once a dormitory for students and boarders, while afterwards it served as the old Old Hall. The second floor was the office and quarters of the secretary; the first floor located the general office and recreation room. The ground floor was a library
.
Noting that pupils living on the Kowloon
side had to cross by ferry
round-trip every day, Brother Aimar set up a branch school on Chatham Road
, Kowloon
, which later became the La Salle College
in 1932.
In order to accommodate more students, the North Block (Classroom Block) was erected in 1920 and was opened by Governor
Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs
. The Chapel Block (Science Block) was opened on 24 October 1925, housing the Chapel
, laboratories, and Li Shek Pang Hall (the current Old Hall).
During the Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong
from 1941 to 1945, the College was used as a clinical depot by the Imperial Japanese Army
. Some Brothers fled to Vietnam
and became guests of the Dominicans
and the Jesuits
, while others were kept as prisoners of war in the local concentration camps. The campus was kept in shape by a minor staffer called Ah Yiu, who would also smuggle essentials into the camps for the Brothers.
The College soon resumed class after the war. In 1962, Club Germania was demolished and a modern eight-storey building (New Building) was erected under Principal Brother Brenden Dunne. Governor
Sir Robert Brown Black
and Superior General
Brother Nicet Joseph officiated the opening of the new building. Prior to the establishment of St. Joseph's College Primary School, classes in the College ran from Class Eight to Class One, equivalent to Primary Five to Upper Six today.
, the central commercial district of Hong Kong
. Neighbours include St. Joseph's Church and Hong Kong Park
. St. Joseph's Path, which joins Kennedy Road and Garden Road, runs along the east side of the College.
The College's architecture
is an interesting combination of typical colonial European (British Imperialist) and modern styles. The Old Building (north block), constructed in 1920, houses most of the classrooms. The Chapel Block (west block) houses the Old Hall, music room, laboratories, lecture
room and school chapel
. These buildings were built in a Colonial style reflecting European influences; features include the clock towers, the turret
and the verandah
s built for ventilation. The two blocks are declared monuments of Hong Kong since August 2000.
The modern New Building (south block), which replaced the original Club Germania on the site, houses the upper form classrooms. The New Hall, senior laboratories, library
and computer
rooms are located here. The Multimedia
Learning Centre (MMLC) on the second floor has been in use since 2000. This special room has been equipped with a number of personal desktop computers and various audio-visual
instruments for the enhancement of effective teaching.
In 2003, the school had installed kiosks within the campus for students to log in to the Internet
. Due to enormous usage, the number of these workstations will be increased.
In 2007, the school had five new rooms : an art
room, two staff rooms, a remedial room and an Information Technology Learning Centre (ITLC) under the new hall.
, the principal, two vice-principals, a teachers' representative, a Parent-Teacher Association
representative, an Old Boys' Association representative and three Lasallian Brothers.
The faculty includes 67 classroom teachers, a careers mistress, a discipline mistress, a counseling mistress, a sports master, a librarian, one Native English Speaking (NET) teacher, a French teacher. Laboratory technicians, IT
technicians and a library assistant are also employed. A part-time social worker is accessible to the students. The current school supervisor is Rev. Brother Thomas Favier, who was the former school principal until 2002.
is offered as an alternative to Chinese
as the second language. For the first three years of school, various subjects were introduced to students, including English, Chinese/French, Putonghua, Mathematics
, Integrated Humanities, Religious Studies (Christianity
), Music
and Visual Arts
. In order to raise students' awareness in business, Business
Fundamentals was recently introduced. Integrated Science
is introduced in Form One to Two, and by Form Three Physics
, Chemistry
and Biology
are offered to students.
From the academic year 2007-2008, a new subject, Integrated Humanities (IH) replaced the subjects Geography, History and Economics and Public Affairs for Forms one and two; the three original subjects were also replaced by IH from the academic year 2008-2009.
Under the HKCEE system, classes from Form Four onwards are two-stream classes (Arts or Science). Form Four and Five students will prepare for the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination
(HKCEE) and all students must take English, Chinese/French, Mathematics and Religious Studies (Christianity) as their core subjects. History, Chinese History, Geography, Economics, Commerce
, Principles of Accounts, Travel & Tourism
, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Additional Mathematics and Computer
& IT
are offered according to the streaming. The College is among the first schools to offer the highly regarded Travel & Tourism course, and study activities such as visits and study tours are strongly backed up by the industry.
With the implementation of the New Senior Secondary (NSS) system, students from Forms Four to Six will take the four core subjects (Chinese, English, Mathematics and Liberal Studies)as well as choosing up to three elective subjects. Current elective subjects offered include Biology, Business, Accounting and Financial Studies (BAFS), Chemistry, Chinese History, Computer and Information Technology, Economics
, Geography
, Physics and Tourism and Hospitality Studies. Students can also apply for Applied Learning (ApL) which will replace one of the three electives.
Matriculation
classes (Lower and Upper Six) are three-stream classes (Arts, Mathematics or Biology). Use of English, Chinese Language and Culture, Economics, Business Studies, Principles of Accounts, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Pure Mathematics and Computer Application are offered. Students will take Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination
(HKALE or A-level) at the end of matriculation.
Physical education
, moral
and civic
education and reading lessons are compulsory for all students. The College also runs a summer tuition course for newly admitted Form One students who have a weaker foundation in English. There are also small classes of Chinese, English and Mathematics in the first two years for students with special learning needs.
In 2002, the College topped all local schools with four Josephians obtaining ten A-grades in the HKCEE. The College continues to strive for academic excellency, setting new school record of a total of 312 A-grades in the HKCEE and a per capita of 1.63 A-grades scored in 2006. In 2010, the College again topped all local schools with four Josephians scoring ten A-grades in the last-ever HKCEE in Hong Kong.
SJC counts a total of 11 winners of the Hong Kong Outstanding Students Awards
, ranking sixth among all secondary schools in Hong Kong.
The College has a high university entrance rate and a number of graduates have also gone on to top universities around the world. A lot of high achievers also entered medical schools. In year 2003, 11 graduates entered medical schools in Hong Kong.
Ever since the introduction of the school value-addedness analysis by the Education and Manpower Bureau
, the College has been value-added for seven consecutive years.
The Students’ Union(SU) was established in 1981 with several missions in mind. First and foremost, it aims to serve as the bridge between students and school authorities. It provides essential services to Josephians, such as production of Student Identity Cards. It ensures the smooth operation of school functions, through co-ordination of school extra-curricular activities. Furthermore, it stimulates the life of students through various school activities.
The executive committees are elected each year, a committee usually consists of 13-14 students from F.5, they will be responsible for the daily operation of the SU.
Official Students' Union Page
The official Students' Union Page (http://www.sjcsu.com) was launched on 23rd August, 2011 by the 137th SU, it provides a multimedia platform for students to express their views through various ways like directly contacting through mail or through the poll which is regularly updated. A Facebook and Youtube Page was also produced. Students can conveniently get more information of the coming events and the news reports on the webs.
Mission Statement
The Mission Statement of the Students' Union 2011-2012 is:
-To develop students' self-confidence, sense of responsibility, discipline and to help
them discover their potentials;
-To broaden the horizons of Josephians by presenting them with a colourful and dynamic
school life;
-To improve relations between Josephians and other schools, parents and members of the
public through various events;
-To help students, especially junior ones, develop a sense of belonging to St. Joseph's;
-To encourage students to strike ad healthy balance between studies and Extra-Cirricular
Activities to develop themselves into typical all-round Josephians;
-To serve as a bridge to replect to opinions of students to school authorities and
encourage students to actively do so, so as to inspire them to be aware of
school and current affairs;
-To co-ordinate between school authorities and students to help ensure school policies
are carried out smoothly;
-To pass the school spirit to the next generations of Josephians.
Events
The major events hold by SU include the followings:
Green and White Day
The Green and White Day(Open Day)is the biggest event to the public of the whole school year, the Students' Union is responsible in decorating the school campus, making programme, promoting, finding sponsorships and organizing the bazaar and exhibition.
Students' Festival
The Students' Festival is held around in March, the festival is usually 2 weeks long, consisting Sports Competition between students and teachers and also other performances, it aims at enhancing the relationships between students and teachers through various events that involve both parties. A theme is generally made for the Festival each year.
ITQ
The Internal Talent Quest(ITQ) is organized jointly by the Students' Union and Music Society, it was originated by the famous song producer 趙增熹 who is an old boy of the school. Different artists will be invited to perform on the day, artists that have performed included Faye Wong
, Eason Chan
, Kay Tse
. The contestants are of great quality, the ITQ is a competitive singing contest among those of HK secondary schools
, and around 1880 it established one of the first modern football
teams in China. The first local inter-school athletic meet
with Queen's College
and Diocesan Boys' School
was held in 1899, and in 1903 the first local inter-school football league was formed with the two schools.
The College has established excellent results in various sports competitions. In 1909 and 1952 it captured a grand slam in inter-school football, winning both the First and Junior Team trophies. In 1983 the College recaptured the inter-school football overall championship, starting a two-decade long dominance of the position. 1996 saw a record sixth time grand slam in the history of the competition. By 2007, the College has already snatched the overall championship 18 times in 25 years.
From 1913 to 1918 the College was crowned champion of inter-school athletics six years in a row. The athletics team won the Governor's Shield, champion of the inter-school athletics meet, for six times over the twelve years it was being offered (1925–1936).
Swimming
is also a particular strength of the College. The College first won the inter-school championship of swimming in 1918. In 1991 the College recaptured the inter-school swimming overall champion title, last won in 1937; and in 1992 it won a grand slam in the competition. By 2007 the school has already captured the A grade inter-school swimming championship title for the tenth time, its eighth in the last decade. Josephians are currently holding nine inter-school and sixteen Hong Kong swimming records.
For basketball
, the team first won the Hong Kong Basketball Association Shield in 1925. In 1998 the school captured grand slam as well as the Jing-Ying (i.e. elite) and Marathon title in the inter-school basketball competitions. By 2000 the College had already been champion for six times in seven years in the All Hong Kong Inter-school Basketball Marathon and in 2007 the school captured the A grade inter-school basketball championship title (HK Island) for the tenth time, a record since the competition was split in 1967. In 2008 the College captured the sixth ever overall championship in inter-school basketball competition.
Other major sports achievements included:
In fact, the College is known as a cradle for local elite sportsmen. In 1936 the College produced the first Olympian
representing China in swimming. In 1978 two Asian-gamers
came from the College. From 1998 onwards the College has a steady output of Asian-gamers (1998: three; 2002: five; 2006: four) and in 2000 two Olympians representing HK, China came from St. Joseph's.
troop in Hong Kong in 1913, two years before the Scout Association of Hong Kong was established.
Since then the scout troop has received a handful of awards, and in 1962 it became the first scout troop to hold the Prince of Wales Banner and the Carlton Trophy at the same time. By 1978, the Venture Scout
captured the Prince of Wales Banner consecutively for fourteen years. The troop also enjoyed a consecutive win between 1934 and 1940.
In 1967, an ambulance cadet division of the St. John Ambulance
Brigade was established in 1 November 1967, and was the first ambulance cadet division after the first re-organization in the 1950s. In 1973, the St. John Ambulance
Brigade won the Sir Michael Hogan Trophy three years in a row.
In 1970, Red Cross won the Drilling Shield three years in a row. Cadet Unit 17 is one of the most successful unit in Hong Kong. They have won a lot of competitions during the 90's.
Inter-school Debating Competition in 2000 and 2001; furthermore, in 2004 it captured the first ever grand slam in the history of the competition in both the English and Chinese sections. By 2005 the school had won in the English debating section for two consecutive years.
Josephians also excelled in the Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival
, and in 1999 the school captured more than one hundred top-three positions in the annual Festival.
, Folk music
: Solos and Duets, the Dorothy Smith Trophy (Boys Junior: Treble
Choir
), the Music Society Shield (Mixed Voice Choir), the Dr. Karl Hohner
Shield (Melodica
Band) and the Moutrie Challenge Trophy (Piano
Solos: Final) in the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival.
Also, the School Orchestra was established in 2000. Each year, they will organize a concert in early July to raise funds for their development, except the year of 2003 because of the outbreak of SARS.
The current conductor of the School Orchestra is Mr. Chow Hing.
Religion
Service
Academic
Interest
Publication
. He was a workingman, a carpenter by trade and his virtue made him worthy to be the foster-father of Christ. This motto
expresses the spirit that it is by hard work and virtue that a Josephian shall make a success of his life, and so remain true to the traditions of the College.
of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
. It reminds people of the spirit of FAITH of the Institute. The right lower division shows three chevrons symbolizing broken bones, reminding students of the bravery and ZEAL the Saint promoted. The left lower division shows the book of knowledge on top (with the Alpha
and Omega
inscribed) and a lamp below; together they symbolize the importance of education, something which St. La Salle
emphasised.
The shield stands with a compartment
with supporters
each of French lily
, since the Lasallian family originates in Rheims, France. The top features a ribbon with the name of the College, and a crest
with a cross
(Catholicism
) and a crown (used to symbolize Hong Kong as a British Crown Colony before 1997). Below the shield are three shells symbolising baptism
. The motto
of the College in Latin, Labore et Virtute, is also found at the bottom of the badge.
, while White represents France's fleur-de-lis
. The Lasallian Brothers of the College mostly come from Ireland and France.
Shamrock: plant having leaves divided into three leaflets; symbolize the Cross and the Holy Trinity; the emblem of Ireland.
Fleur-de-lis: a charge representing lily with six petals; symbolizing purity and the Holy Trinity; the symbol of ancient France.
Jyutping
Jyutping is a romanization system for Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong in 1993. Its formal name is The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanization Scheme...
: sing3 joek6 sat1 syu1 jyun2; demonym
Demonym
A demonym , also referred to as a gentilic, is a name for a resident of a locality. A demonym is usually – though not always – derived from the name of the locality; thus, the demonym for the people of England is English, and the demonym for the people of Italy is Italian, yet, in english, the one...
: Josephian) is the oldest Catholic boys' secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
. It is located at 7 Kennedy Road
Kennedy Road, Hong Kong
Kennedy Road is a road in the Mid-levels on the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Starting from Garden Road in the west, it goes past St. Joseph's College, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong Park and Hopewell Centre and ends at the junction with Queen's Road East near Morrison Hill in Wan Chai.At...
, Mid-levels
Mid-levels
Mid-levels is an expensive residential area on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It is located halfway up Victoria Peak, directly above Central...
, in the Central and Western District
Central and Western District
The Central and Western District located on northern part of Hong Kong Island is one of the 18 administrative districts of Hong Kong. It had a population of 261,884 in 2001...
. The College enrollment is about 1198; together with the affiliated kindergarten and primary school at 48 Wood Road, the enrollment of the schools now exceeds 4200.
The sponsoring body of the College is the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools is a Roman Catholic religious teaching congregation, founded in France by Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle and now based in Rome...
. Known as the 'Lasallian
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle or John Baptist de La Salle was a priest, educational reformer, and founder of Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools...
Brothers', the Institute's spirit is of faith and zeal: to have faith in God and an ardent zeal to teach the children, helping them in developing themselves so to live as brothers and sisters in a world of justice. In accordance, the mission of the College is "to educate students in areas of intellectual, physical, social, moral and emotional development" and "to impart a human and Christian education...and to do so with faith and zeal".
The College provides education which emphasises not only academic but also extracurricular activities. The College also aims at stimulating the social awareness of the students, with a number of alumni becoming important social figures.
The college is best known for its academic results in 2010, St. Joseph's College got 4 students who achieved 10"A"s in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination, the result achieved is the best in all secondary schools in Hong Kong.
The freedom that the school grant to the students are also well known, especially through the Green and White Day (Open Day) which is organized by the Students' Union. In the 130th and 135th anniversary, the school pioneered the use of fireworks for the closing ceremony of the days. Theme songs which are written, edited, sung by the Students' Union are also produced in each year's Open Day starting from the 130th anniversary. Students are called as Josephians and are united, old boys always show their full support no matter in renewal project or other school functions like the Walkathon or Students' Festival, this is generally described as the Green and White Spirit or Josephians Spirit.
The north and west blocks of the College are declared monuments of Hong Kong
Declared monuments of Hong Kong
Declared monuments of Hong Kong are places, structures or buildings legally declared to be "protected". In Hong Kong, declaring a monument requires consulting the Antiquities Advisory Board, the approval of the Chief Executive as well as the publication of the notice in government gazette.As of 12...
.
Foundation of the College (1875-1880)
The College was previously a PortuguesePortuguese people
The Portuguese are a nation and ethnic group native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of south-west Europe. Their language is Portuguese, and Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion....
commercial school named St. Saviour's College, established on Pottinger Street
Pottinger Street
Pottinger Street is a street in Central, Hong Kong. It is also better known as the Stone Slabs Street by the locals, after the granite stone steps which are a rarity nowadays in Hong Kong. The street was named after Henry Pottinger, the first Governor of Hong Kong.-Location:The street was...
in 1860. Father Timoleon Raimondi
Timoleon Raimondi
Timoleon Raimondi was the Last Prefect and First Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong .Raimondi was born in Milan, Italy and ordained as a priest in 25 May 1850...
, who was then the bishop
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
of the Colony, convinced Rome to send the Lasallian Brothers to the British Colony. On 7 November 1875 six Lasallian Brothers arrived in Hong Kong: Brothers Hidulphe Marie (Director), Hidulphe de Jesus, and Hebertus from the Boarding school of Marseilles; Brother Adrian Edmund and Aldolphus Marie from the Novitiate
Novitiate
Novitiate, alt. noviciate, is the period of training and preparation that a novice monastic or member of a religious order undergoes prior to taking vows in order to discern whether they are called to the religious life....
of London; and Brother Isfrid from Paris. They renamed the school after Saint Joseph
Saint Joseph
Saint Joseph is a figure in the Gospels, the husband of the Virgin Mary and the earthly father of Jesus Christ ....
, the patron saint of workers and the Universal Church.
| School Rally Brother Marcian (1903) Verse 1
Chorus
Verse 2
Verse 3
Verse 4
|
Macau
Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
, so after weeks the enrollment had doubled and it became evident that an extension to the present building had to be contemplated. Mgr.
Monsignor
Monsignor, pl. monsignori, is the form of address for those members of the clergy of the Catholic Church holding certain ecclesiastical honorific titles. Monsignor is the apocopic form of the Italian monsignore, from the French mon seigneur, meaning "my lord"...
Raimondi
Timoleon Raimondi
Timoleon Raimondi was the Last Prefect and First Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong .Raimondi was born in Milan, Italy and ordained as a priest in 25 May 1850...
purchased a house (Buxley Lodge) situated at 99 Caine Road
Caine Road
Caine Road is a main road in Hong Kong connecting Bonham Road in the west and Arbuthnot Road and Upper Albert Road in the east ....
for $14,000 in June 1876, and the Brothers at once moved into it.
Experiences of the Lasallian Brothers proved to be beneficial to the school, especially when the first Director, Brother Hidulphe Marie, had success with schools in Agra
Agra
Agra a.k.a. Akbarabad is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, west of state capital, Lucknow and south from national capital New Delhi. With a population of 1,686,976 , it is one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh and the 19th most...
and Colombo
Colombo
Colombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo...
. In 1879 the enrollment had already increased to 259, making it the largest grant-in-aid school in the colony and second largest school overall; the largest school at that time was Central School (now Queen's College
Queen's College, Hong Kong
Queen's College , initially named The Government Central School in 1862, later renamed as Victoria College in 1889, is a sixth form college for boys with a secondary school attached. It was the first public secondary school founded in Hong Kong by the British colonial government...
) with an attendance of 590. In the same year the first class for Chinese students (Anglo-Chinese school) was opened. Academic results were outstanding, with a passing rate at 90.71%.
Days at Robinson Road (1881-1917)
In April, 1880, Brother Cyprian was appointed Director. He had been a distinguished teacher in New YorkNew York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
and Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
and had held the directorship of several schools in his native land, Canada, previous to his experience in London and Paris. In order to cater for the needs of the fast-growing school, a piece of land in Glenealy below Robinson Road
Robinson Road, Hong Kong
Robinson Road is a 2-lane, bi-directional road on the Mid-levels, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. In the east, it is connected with the Magazine Gap Road and Garden Road, and in the west with Babington Road and Park Road, Robinson Road is quite long. With Central-Mid-Levels escalator, it also...
was bought and a two-storey Victorian
Victorian architecture
The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...
building became home to the College in 1881.
In January, 1884, Brother Ivarch Louis arrived in Hong Kong as Director. The College had already secured a prominent place among the leading education establishments and its influence radiated through all the countries of the Far East
Far East
The Far East is an English term mostly describing East Asia and Southeast Asia, with South Asia sometimes also included for economic and cultural reasons.The term came into use in European geopolitical discourse in the 19th century,...
, with boarding
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
students from the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
, Indochina
Indochina
The Indochinese peninsula, is a region in Southeast Asia. It lies roughly southwest of China, and east of India. The name has its origins in the French, Indochine, as a combination of the names of "China" and "India", and was adopted when French colonizers in Vietnam began expanding their territory...
, Siam, Malaya
British Malaya
British Malaya loosely described a set of states on the Malay Peninsula and the Island of Singapore that were brought under British control between the 18th and the 20th centuries...
and elsewhere. In 1889 he was called to Colombo and Brother Abban took his place. Enrollment had been increased to 409 and two Chinese staff were employed by the college; in the same year a third storey was added to the school building for the accommodation of the boarders. The wings were further added in 1901.
The College soon became outstanding in both academic and sports fields. Students from the three higher classes (the "Oxford Classes") led by Brother Stephen Buckley from Cork
Cork (city)
Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,418, while the addition of the suburban...
got top results in Oxford University examinations. The College also became a cradle for the success achieved on the sports field of the Colony, especially in the area of soccer.
The new Kennedy Road campus (1918- )
Earthquake
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struck the colony and the Robinson Road
Robinson Road, Hong Kong
Robinson Road is a 2-lane, bi-directional road on the Mid-levels, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. In the east, it is connected with the Magazine Gap Road and Garden Road, and in the west with Babington Road and Park Road, Robinson Road is quite long. With Central-Mid-Levels escalator, it also...
campus
Campus
A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls and park-like settings...
was severely damaged. Subsequently Principal Brother Aimar bought the Club Germania with its commodious grounds at 7 Kennedy Road
Kennedy Road, Hong Kong
Kennedy Road is a road in the Mid-levels on the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Starting from Garden Road in the west, it goes past St. Joseph's College, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong Park and Hopewell Centre and ends at the junction with Queen's Road East near Morrison Hill in Wan Chai.At...
on 3 September - the splendid German building was confisicated by the Custodian of Enemy Property of the British Colonial Government since the outbreak of World War I. The top floor of the five-storey Victorian
Victorian architecture
The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...
building was the Brothers' Quarters. The third floor was once a dormitory for students and boarders, while afterwards it served as the old Old Hall. The second floor was the office and quarters of the secretary; the first floor located the general office and recreation room. The ground floor was a library
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
.
Noting that pupils living on the Kowloon
Kowloon
Kowloon is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It is bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutter's Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south. It had a population of...
side had to cross by ferry
Star Ferry
The Star Ferry, or The "Star" Ferry Company, is a passenger ferry service operator in Hong Kong. Its principal routes carry passengers across Victoria Harbour, between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon...
round-trip every day, Brother Aimar set up a branch school on Chatham Road
Chatham Road
Chatham Road South and Chatham Road North are two continuous roads spanning from Tsim Sha Tsui to Hung Hom in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The road originally ran from Signal Hill to Hung Hom under No. 12 Hill by the side of Hung Hom Bay...
, Kowloon
Kowloon
Kowloon is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It is bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutter's Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south. It had a population of...
, which later became the La Salle College
La Salle College
La Salle College is a boys' secondary school in Hong Kong. It was established by the Brothers of the Christian Schools, a Roman Catholic religious teaching order founded by St...
in 1932.
In order to accommodate more students, the North Block (Classroom Block) was erected in 1920 and was opened by Governor
Governor of Hong Kong
The Governor of Hong Kong was the head of the government of Hong Kong during British rule from 1843 to 1997. The governor's roles were defined in the Hong Kong Letters Patent and Royal Instructions...
Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs
Reginald Edward Stubbs
Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs, GCMG was a British colonial governor, who was once the Governor of Hong Kong...
. The Chapel Block (Science Block) was opened on 24 October 1925, housing the Chapel
Chapel
A chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
, laboratories, and Li Shek Pang Hall (the current Old Hall).
During the Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong
Japanese occupation of Hong Kong
The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began after the Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Mark Young, surrendered the territory of Hong Kong to Japan on 25 December 1941 after 18 days of fierce fighting by British and Canadian defenders against overwhelming Japanese Imperial forces. The occupation lasted...
from 1941 to 1945, the College was used as a clinical depot by the Imperial Japanese Army
Imperial Japanese Army
-Foundation:During the Meiji Restoration, the military forces loyal to the Emperor were samurai drawn primarily from the loyalist feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū...
. Some Brothers fled to Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
and became guests of the Dominicans
Dominican Order
The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...
and the Jesuits
Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...
, while others were kept as prisoners of war in the local concentration camps. The campus was kept in shape by a minor staffer called Ah Yiu, who would also smuggle essentials into the camps for the Brothers.
The College soon resumed class after the war. In 1962, Club Germania was demolished and a modern eight-storey building (New Building) was erected under Principal Brother Brenden Dunne. Governor
Governor of Hong Kong
The Governor of Hong Kong was the head of the government of Hong Kong during British rule from 1843 to 1997. The governor's roles were defined in the Hong Kong Letters Patent and Royal Instructions...
Sir Robert Brown Black
Robert Brown Black
Sir Robert Brown Black GCMG, OBE was a British colonial administrator. He would spend three decades overseas and return to Britain in the 1960s: he was Governor of Hong Kong from 23 January 1958 to 1 April 1964, having been Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1952 – 1955...
and Superior General
Superior general
A Superior General, or General Superior, is the Superior at the head of a whole religious order or congregation.The term is mainly used as a generic term, while many orders and congregations use other specific titles, notably:* Abbot general...
Brother Nicet Joseph officiated the opening of the new building. Prior to the establishment of St. Joseph's College Primary School, classes in the College ran from Class Eight to Class One, equivalent to Primary Five to Upper Six today.
Campus
The College is located at 7 Kennedy Road which is only five minutes walk from CentralCentral, Hong Kong
Central is the central business district of Hong Kong. It is located in Central and Western District, on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, across Victoria Harbour from Tsim Sha Tsui, the southernmost point of Kowloon Peninsula...
, the central commercial district of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
. Neighbours include St. Joseph's Church and Hong Kong Park
Hong Kong Park
The Hong Kong Park is a public park next to Cotton Tree Drive in Central, Hong Kong. Built at a cost of HK$398 million and opened in May 1991, it covers an area of 80,000 m² and is an example of modern design and facilities blending with natural landscape....
. St. Joseph's Path, which joins Kennedy Road and Garden Road, runs along the east side of the College.
The College's architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
is an interesting combination of typical colonial European (British Imperialist) and modern styles. The Old Building (north block), constructed in 1920, houses most of the classrooms. The Chapel Block (west block) houses the Old Hall, music room, laboratories, lecture
Lecture
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room and school chapel
Chapel
A chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
. These buildings were built in a Colonial style reflecting European influences; features include the clock towers, the turret
Turret
In architecture, a turret is a small tower that projects vertically from the wall of a building such as a medieval castle. Turrets were used to provide a projecting defensive position allowing covering fire to the adjacent wall in the days of military fortification...
and the verandah
Verandah
A veranda or verandah is a roofed opened gallery or porch. It is also described as an open pillared gallery, generally roofed, built around a central structure...
s built for ventilation. The two blocks are declared monuments of Hong Kong since August 2000.
The modern New Building (south block), which replaced the original Club Germania on the site, houses the upper form classrooms. The New Hall, senior laboratories, library
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
and computer
Computer
A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
rooms are located here. The Multimedia
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
Learning Centre (MMLC) on the second floor has been in use since 2000. This special room has been equipped with a number of personal desktop computers and various audio-visual
Audio-visual
The term Audio-Visual may refer to works with both a sound and a visual component, the production or use of such works, or to equipment used to create and present such works...
instruments for the enhancement of effective teaching.
In 2003, the school had installed kiosks within the campus for students to log in to the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
. Due to enormous usage, the number of these workstations will be increased.
In 2007, the school had five new rooms : an art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
room, two staff rooms, a remedial room and an Information Technology Learning Centre (ITLC) under the new hall.
Staff
The College is governed by the School Management Committee. It is formed by the supervisorSupervisor
A supervisor, foreperson, team leader, overseer, cell coach, facilitator, or area coordinator is a manager in a position of trust in business...
, the principal, two vice-principals, a teachers' representative, a Parent-Teacher Association
Parent-Teacher Association
In the U.S. a parent-teacher association or Parent-Teacher-Student Association is a formal organization composed of parents, teachers and staff that is intended to facilitate parental participation in a public or private school. Most public and private K-8 schools in the U.S. have a PTA, a...
representative, an Old Boys' Association representative and three Lasallian Brothers.
The faculty includes 67 classroom teachers, a careers mistress, a discipline mistress, a counseling mistress, a sports master, a librarian, one Native English Speaking (NET) teacher, a French teacher. Laboratory technicians, IT
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
technicians and a library assistant are also employed. A part-time social worker is accessible to the students. The current school supervisor is Rev. Brother Thomas Favier, who was the former school principal until 2002.
Curriculum
St. Joseph's College is an English medium school. FrenchFrench language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
is offered as an alternative to Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
as the second language. For the first three years of school, various subjects were introduced to students, including English, Chinese/French, Putonghua, Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, Integrated Humanities, Religious Studies (Christianity
Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
), Music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
and Visual Arts
Visual arts
The visual arts are art forms that create works which are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, and often modern visual arts and architecture...
. In order to raise students' awareness in business, Business
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
Fundamentals was recently introduced. Integrated Science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
is introduced in Form One to Two, and by Form Three Physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
, Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
and Biology
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
are offered to students.
From the academic year 2007-2008, a new subject, Integrated Humanities (IH) replaced the subjects Geography, History and Economics and Public Affairs for Forms one and two; the three original subjects were also replaced by IH from the academic year 2008-2009.
Under the HKCEE system, classes from Form Four onwards are two-stream classes (Arts or Science). Form Four and Five students will prepare for the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination
Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination
The Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination was a standardized examination between 1974 and 2011 after most local students’ five-year secondary education, conducted by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority . The examination will be discontinued in 2012...
(HKCEE) and all students must take English, Chinese/French, Mathematics and Religious Studies (Christianity) as their core subjects. History, Chinese History, Geography, Economics, Commerce
Commerce
While business refers to the value-creating activities of an organization for profit, commerce means the whole system of an economy that constitutes an environment for business. The system includes legal, economic, political, social, cultural, and technological systems that are in operation in any...
, Principles of Accounts, Travel & Tourism
Tourism
Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...
, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Additional Mathematics and Computer
Computer
A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
& IT
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
are offered according to the streaming. The College is among the first schools to offer the highly regarded Travel & Tourism course, and study activities such as visits and study tours are strongly backed up by the industry.
With the implementation of the New Senior Secondary (NSS) system, students from Forms Four to Six will take the four core subjects (Chinese, English, Mathematics and Liberal Studies)as well as choosing up to three elective subjects. Current elective subjects offered include Biology, Business, Accounting and Financial Studies (BAFS), Chemistry, Chinese History, Computer and Information Technology, Economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
, Geography
Geography
Geography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...
, Physics and Tourism and Hospitality Studies. Students can also apply for Applied Learning (ApL) which will replace one of the three electives.
Matriculation
Matriculation
Matriculation, in the broadest sense, means to be registered or added to a list, from the Latin matricula – little list. In Scottish heraldry, for instance, a matriculation is a registration of armorial bearings...
classes (Lower and Upper Six) are three-stream classes (Arts, Mathematics or Biology). Use of English, Chinese Language and Culture, Economics, Business Studies, Principles of Accounts, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Pure Mathematics and Computer Application are offered. Students will take Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination
Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination
The Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination , or more commonly known as the A-level, conducted by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority , is normally taken by senior students at the end of their matriculation in Hong Kong. In 2010, 39,772 candidates entered for the examination...
(HKALE or A-level) at the end of matriculation.
Physical education
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
, moral
Morality
Morality is the differentiation among intentions, decisions, and actions between those that are good and bad . A moral code is a system of morality and a moral is any one practice or teaching within a moral code...
and civic
Civics
Civics is the study of rights and duties of citizenship. In other words, it is the study of government with attention to the role of citizens ― as opposed to external factors ― in the operation and oversight of government....
education and reading lessons are compulsory for all students. The College also runs a summer tuition course for newly admitted Form One students who have a weaker foundation in English. There are also small classes of Chinese, English and Mathematics in the first two years for students with special learning needs.
Achievements
Academic results of the College have been outstanding right from the very beginning. In the pre-war years students from the three higher classes (the "Oxford Classes") would participate in the Oxford University examinations and get top results. In 1959 a Josephian obtained nine distinctions and two credits in the Hong Kong School Certificate Examination (HKCEE). Again, a Josephian achieved the top position in the HKCEE in 1970. In 1972 the Quiz team won the TVB quiz programme ‘On your marks’ for two consecutive years.In 2002, the College topped all local schools with four Josephians obtaining ten A-grades in the HKCEE. The College continues to strive for academic excellency, setting new school record of a total of 312 A-grades in the HKCEE and a per capita of 1.63 A-grades scored in 2006. In 2010, the College again topped all local schools with four Josephians scoring ten A-grades in the last-ever HKCEE in Hong Kong.
SJC counts a total of 11 winners of the Hong Kong Outstanding Students Awards
Hong Kong Outstanding Students Awards
The Hong Kong Outstanding Students Awards is a student contest in Hong Kong. The Awards recognizes students for great academic performance, extra-curricular achievements and commitment to serving society....
, ranking sixth among all secondary schools in Hong Kong.
The College has a high university entrance rate and a number of graduates have also gone on to top universities around the world. A lot of high achievers also entered medical schools. In year 2003, 11 graduates entered medical schools in Hong Kong.
Ever since the introduction of the school value-addedness analysis by the Education and Manpower Bureau
Education and Manpower Bureau
The Education Bureau is responsible for education policies in Hong Kong.The bureau is headed by the Secretary for Education and oversees the Secretariat, University Grants Committee and Student Financial Assistance Agencies...
, the College has been value-added for seven consecutive years.
Students' Union
OfficialThe Students’ Union(SU) was established in 1981 with several missions in mind. First and foremost, it aims to serve as the bridge between students and school authorities. It provides essential services to Josephians, such as production of Student Identity Cards. It ensures the smooth operation of school functions, through co-ordination of school extra-curricular activities. Furthermore, it stimulates the life of students through various school activities.
The executive committees are elected each year, a committee usually consists of 13-14 students from F.5, they will be responsible for the daily operation of the SU.
Official Students' Union Page
The official Students' Union Page (http://www.sjcsu.com) was launched on 23rd August, 2011 by the 137th SU, it provides a multimedia platform for students to express their views through various ways like directly contacting through mail or through the poll which is regularly updated. A Facebook and Youtube Page was also produced. Students can conveniently get more information of the coming events and the news reports on the webs.
Mission Statement
The Mission Statement of the Students' Union 2011-2012 is:
-To develop students' self-confidence, sense of responsibility, discipline and to help
them discover their potentials;
-To broaden the horizons of Josephians by presenting them with a colourful and dynamic
school life;
-To improve relations between Josephians and other schools, parents and members of the
public through various events;
-To help students, especially junior ones, develop a sense of belonging to St. Joseph's;
-To encourage students to strike ad healthy balance between studies and Extra-Cirricular
Activities to develop themselves into typical all-round Josephians;
-To serve as a bridge to replect to opinions of students to school authorities and
encourage students to actively do so, so as to inspire them to be aware of
school and current affairs;
-To co-ordinate between school authorities and students to help ensure school policies
are carried out smoothly;
-To pass the school spirit to the next generations of Josephians.
Events
The major events hold by SU include the followings:
Green and White Day
The Green and White Day(Open Day)is the biggest event to the public of the whole school year, the Students' Union is responsible in decorating the school campus, making programme, promoting, finding sponsorships and organizing the bazaar and exhibition.
Students' Festival
The Students' Festival is held around in March, the festival is usually 2 weeks long, consisting Sports Competition between students and teachers and also other performances, it aims at enhancing the relationships between students and teachers through various events that involve both parties. A theme is generally made for the Festival each year.
ITQ
The Internal Talent Quest(ITQ) is organized jointly by the Students' Union and Music Society, it was originated by the famous song producer 趙增熹 who is an old boy of the school. Different artists will be invited to perform on the day, artists that have performed included Faye Wong
Faye Wong
Faye Wong is a highly successful and influential Chinese singer-songwriter and actress who is usually referred to as a diva . Early in her career she briefly used the stage name Shirley Wong . Born in Beijing, she moved to Hong Kong in 1987 and rose to stardom in the early 1990s by singing...
, Eason Chan
Eason Chan
Eason Chan Yik-shun is a prominent male singer in Hong Kong's music industry. Undoubtedly one of the most dominant male singers in the post-1997 era of Hong Kong music industry. Eason Chan has been praised by Time magazine as a front runner in the next generation of Cantopop...
, Kay Tse
Kay Tse
Kay Tse is a Hong Kong Cantopop songwriter, recording-artist, entertainer and one of the premier Cantonese singers.Raised In Hong Kong, China. Tse made her debut to the music industry and was signed with Ban Ban Music in 2005 and released her debut album. She became a prominent figure in the...
. The contestants are of great quality, the ITQ is a competitive singing contest among those of HK secondary schools
Sports
Sports has been at the forefront of the College ever since its establishment. In 1877, just two years after its establishment, the College held the first local inter-school sports competition with St. Paul's CollegeSt. Paul's College, Hong Kong
St. Paul's College is an Anglican day school for boys in Mid Levels, Hong Kong and is located adjacent to University of Hong Kong. Established in 1851, it is the oldest secondary school in Hong Kong that is still in operation...
, and around 1880 it established one of the first modern football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
teams in China. The first local inter-school athletic meet
Athletic sports
Athletics is a term encompassing the human competitive sports and games requiring physical skill, and the systems of training that prepare athletes for competition performance. Athletic sports or contests, are competitions which are primarily based on human, physical competition, demanding the...
with Queen's College
Queen's College, Hong Kong
Queen's College , initially named The Government Central School in 1862, later renamed as Victoria College in 1889, is a sixth form college for boys with a secondary school attached. It was the first public secondary school founded in Hong Kong by the British colonial government...
and Diocesan Boys' School
Diocesan Boys' School
Diocesan Boys' School is a boys' school located at 131 Argyle Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1869, making it one of the oldest secondary schools in Hong Kong....
was held in 1899, and in 1903 the first local inter-school football league was formed with the two schools.
The College has established excellent results in various sports competitions. In 1909 and 1952 it captured a grand slam in inter-school football, winning both the First and Junior Team trophies. In 1983 the College recaptured the inter-school football overall championship, starting a two-decade long dominance of the position. 1996 saw a record sixth time grand slam in the history of the competition. By 2007, the College has already snatched the overall championship 18 times in 25 years.
From 1913 to 1918 the College was crowned champion of inter-school athletics six years in a row. The athletics team won the Governor's Shield, champion of the inter-school athletics meet, for six times over the twelve years it was being offered (1925–1936).
Swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
is also a particular strength of the College. The College first won the inter-school championship of swimming in 1918. In 1991 the College recaptured the inter-school swimming overall champion title, last won in 1937; and in 1992 it won a grand slam in the competition. By 2007 the school has already captured the A grade inter-school swimming championship title for the tenth time, its eighth in the last decade. Josephians are currently holding nine inter-school and sixteen Hong Kong swimming records.
For basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, the team first won the Hong Kong Basketball Association Shield in 1925. In 1998 the school captured grand slam as well as the Jing-Ying (i.e. elite) and Marathon title in the inter-school basketball competitions. By 2000 the College had already been champion for six times in seven years in the All Hong Kong Inter-school Basketball Marathon and in 2007 the school captured the A grade inter-school basketball championship title (HK Island) for the tenth time, a record since the competition was split in 1967. In 2008 the College captured the sixth ever overall championship in inter-school basketball competition.
Other major sports achievements included:
- 1956: Snatched the Wing Wah Challenge Shield, being the inter-school tennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
champion, three years in a row - 1961: The hockeyHockeyHockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
team won the Sir Arthur Morse Challenge Trophy for two consecutive years - 1974: First school table tennisTable tennisTable tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
team to receive the ‘Champion Honour’ in the Hong Kong Open Championship - 1977: The bowlingBowlingBowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
team won the annual SCAA High School Bowling Tournament for the third time in four years - 1987: The table tennis team captured the inter-school overall championship, the SCAA Open and the HKU President Cup titles all in the same year
- 1991-93: Inter-school SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
champion three year in a row - 1991-92: Inter-school life saving champion second year in a row
- 1994: Inter-school squashSquash (sport)Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...
champion second year in a row - 2010: Captured every championship in the ten-year history of inter-school waterpolo competition.
In fact, the College is known as a cradle for local elite sportsmen. In 1936 the College produced the first Olympian
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
representing China in swimming. In 1978 two Asian-gamers
Asian Games
The Asian Games, officially known as Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games they have been organised by the...
came from the College. From 1998 onwards the College has a steady output of Asian-gamers (1998: three; 2002: five; 2006: four) and in 2000 two Olympians representing HK, China came from St. Joseph's.
Scouting, Red Cross and St. John Ambulance
The College established the first ScoutScouting
Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society....
troop in Hong Kong in 1913, two years before the Scout Association of Hong Kong was established.
Since then the scout troop has received a handful of awards, and in 1962 it became the first scout troop to hold the Prince of Wales Banner and the Carlton Trophy at the same time. By 1978, the Venture Scout
Venture Scout
Venture Scouting is a section of the Scout Movement, mostly in countries of the Commonwealth of Nations, for young people roughly in the 14 – 20 age range.-Australia:...
captured the Prince of Wales Banner consecutively for fourteen years. The troop also enjoyed a consecutive win between 1934 and 1940.
In 1967, an ambulance cadet division of the St. John Ambulance
St. John Ambulance
St John Ambulance, branded as St John in some territories, is a common name used by a number of affiliated organisations in different countries dedicated to the teaching and practice of medical first aid and the provision of ambulance services, all of which derive their origins from the St John...
Brigade was established in 1 November 1967, and was the first ambulance cadet division after the first re-organization in the 1950s. In 1973, the St. John Ambulance
St. John Ambulance
St John Ambulance, branded as St John in some territories, is a common name used by a number of affiliated organisations in different countries dedicated to the teaching and practice of medical first aid and the provision of ambulance services, all of which derive their origins from the St John...
Brigade won the Sir Michael Hogan Trophy three years in a row.
In 1970, Red Cross won the Drilling Shield three years in a row. Cadet Unit 17 is one of the most successful unit in Hong Kong. They have won a lot of competitions during the 90's.
Speech and debating
In 1971 the College won its first debating trophy, the Hayes Trophy, in the inter-school debating championships. Since then the school excelled in both Chinese and English debating. In 1988 it captured the Champion of English Debate Competition organized by the Joint School Debating Society (JSDS) and sponsored by the British Council of Hong Kong. The College captured the championship of Chinese debating in Sing TaoSing Tao
Sing Tao may refer to:* Sing Tao Daily, a newspaper published in Hong Kong* Sing Tao News Corporation, a company in Hong Kong, has published Sing Tao Daily.* Sing Tao , a defunct Hong Kong football club sponsored by Sing Tao News Corporation....
Inter-school Debating Competition in 2000 and 2001; furthermore, in 2004 it captured the first ever grand slam in the history of the competition in both the English and Chinese sections. By 2005 the school had won in the English debating section for two consecutive years.
Josephians also excelled in the Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival
Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival
The Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival is one of Hong Kong's largest inter-school competitions, and is organized by the Hong Kong Schools and Music Association. Primary and secondary school students across Hong Kong deliver speeches in English and Chinese...
, and in 1999 the school captured more than one hundred top-three positions in the annual Festival.
Music
In 1974 the College won the champion title in Male Voice QuartetQuartet
In music, a quartet is a method of instrumentation , used to perform a musical composition, and consisting of four parts.-Western art music:...
, Folk music
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
: Solos and Duets, the Dorothy Smith Trophy (Boys Junior: Treble
Boy soprano
A boy soprano is a young male singer with an unchanged voice in the soprano range. Although a treble, or choirboy, may also be considered to be a boy soprano, the more colloquial term boy soprano is generally only used for boys who sing, perform, or record as soloists, and who may not necessarily...
Choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
), the Music Society Shield (Mixed Voice Choir), the Dr. Karl Hohner
Hohner
Hohner Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co. KG is a company specialising in the manufacture of musical instruments. Founded in 1857 by Matthias Hohner , Hohner is identified especially with harmonicas and accordions. The Hohner company has invented and produced many different styles, and most of the...
Shield (Melodica
Melodica
The melodica, also known as the "blow-organ" or "key-flute", is a free-reed instrument similar to the melodeon and harmonica. It has a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument. Pressing a key opens a hole,...
Band) and the Moutrie Challenge Trophy (Piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
Solos: Final) in the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival.
Also, the School Orchestra was established in 2000. Each year, they will organize a concert in early July to raise funds for their development, except the year of 2003 because of the outbreak of SARS.
The current conductor of the School Orchestra is Mr. Chow Hing.
Clubs
Apart from the high achievement in sports, St. Joseph's College is also well famous for student activities and the leadership that Josephians possess. The college provides a free environment to allow students to demonstrate their creativity, team work and leadership. There are a total of forty-seven clubs available for students to join.Religion
- Christian Union
Service
- 1st HK Group Scout Group
- 1st HK Group Venture Scout Unit
- Interact Club
- Junior Red Cross Cadet Unit 17
- Junior Police Call
- St. John Ambulance
- Social Service Group
- UNICEF Club
Academic
- Biology & Conservancy Association
- Business Society
- Chinese Culture Society
- English Society
- French Club
- Geography Society
- Liberal Studies & Integrated Humanity Society
- Mathematics Society
- Putonghua Club
- Science Society
- Tourism & Hospitality Studies Society
Interest
- Aesthetic Society
- Astronomy Society
- Aviation Society
- Bridge Club
- Camera Club
- Campus TV
- Chess Club
- Drama Club
- HK Award for Young People
- LEAD Club
- Library Society
- Magic Society
- Music Society
Publication
- Editorial Board
- Web-Publishing Board
School motto
LABORE ET VIRTUTE -- Labour and Virtue—sums up the life of Saint JosephSaint Joseph
Saint Joseph is a figure in the Gospels, the husband of the Virgin Mary and the earthly father of Jesus Christ ....
. He was a workingman, a carpenter by trade and his virtue made him worthy to be the foster-father of Christ. This motto
Motto
A motto is a phrase meant to formally summarize the general motivation or intention of a social group or organization. A motto may be in any language, but Latin is the most used. The local language is usual in the mottoes of governments...
expresses the spirit that it is by hard work and virtue that a Josephian shall make a success of his life, and so remain true to the traditions of the College.
School badge
The badge of the College displays a shield divided into three divisions. The top division shows the Signum Fidei (sign of faith) - a five-pointed, radiant star, which is taken from the insigniaInsignia
Insignia or insigne pl -nia or -nias : a symbol or token of personal power, status or office, or of an official body of government or jurisdiction...
of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools is a Roman Catholic religious teaching congregation, founded in France by Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle and now based in Rome...
. It reminds people of the spirit of FAITH of the Institute. The right lower division shows three chevrons symbolizing broken bones, reminding students of the bravery and ZEAL the Saint promoted. The left lower division shows the book of knowledge on top (with the Alpha
Alpha (letter)
Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 1. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Aleph...
and Omega
Omega
Omega is the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet. In the Greek numeric system, it has a value of 800. The word literally means "great O" , as opposed to omicron, which means "little O"...
inscribed) and a lamp below; together they symbolize the importance of education, something which St. La Salle
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle or John Baptist de La Salle was a priest, educational reformer, and founder of Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools...
emphasised.
The shield stands with a compartment
Compartment
In heraldry, a compartment is a design placed under the shield, usually rocks, a grassy mount , or some sort of other landscape upon which the supporters are depicted as standing...
with supporters
Supporters
In heraldry, supporters are figures usually placed on either side of the shield and depicted holding it up. These figures may be real or imaginary animals, human figures, and in rare cases plants or inanimate objects...
each of French lily
Lilium
Lilium is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs. Most species are native to the temperate northern hemisphere, though the range extends into the northern subtropics...
, since the Lasallian family originates in Rheims, France. The top features a ribbon with the name of the College, and a crest
Crest (heraldry)
A crest is a component of an heraldic display, so called because it stands on top of a helmet, as the crest of a jay stands on the bird's head....
with a cross
Cross
A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two lines or bars perpendicular to each other, dividing one or two of the lines in half. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally; if they run obliquely, the design is technically termed a saltire, although the arms of a saltire need not meet...
(Catholicism
Catholicism
Catholicism is a broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its theologies and doctrines, its liturgical, ethical, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole....
) and a crown (used to symbolize Hong Kong as a British Crown Colony before 1997). Below the shield are three shells symbolising baptism
Baptism
In Christianity, baptism is for the majority the rite of admission , almost invariably with the use of water, into the Christian Church generally and also membership of a particular church tradition...
. The motto
Motto
A motto is a phrase meant to formally summarize the general motivation or intention of a social group or organization. A motto may be in any language, but Latin is the most used. The local language is usual in the mottoes of governments...
of the College in Latin, Labore et Virtute, is also found at the bottom of the badge.
School colours
The combination of Green & White has become the official colours of the College over the years. Green represents Ireland's shamrockShamrock
The shamrock is a three-leafed old white clover. It is known as a symbol of Ireland. The name shamrock is derived from Irish , which is the diminutive version of the Irish word for clover ....
, while White represents France's fleur-de-lis
Fleur-de-lis
The fleur-de-lis or fleur-de-lys is a stylized lily or iris that is used as a decorative design or symbol. It may be "at one and the same time, political, dynastic, artistic, emblematic, and symbolic", especially in heraldry...
. The Lasallian Brothers of the College mostly come from Ireland and France.
Shamrock: plant having leaves divided into three leaflets; symbolize the Cross and the Holy Trinity; the emblem of Ireland.
Fleur-de-lis: a charge representing lily with six petals; symbolizing purity and the Holy Trinity; the symbol of ancient France.
Academics
- Prof. Charles Kao (高錕; Class of 1952), GBM, KBE; Nobel Laureate of Physics 2009; Father of Fibre Optics; former Vice-Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Prof. the Hon. Leong Che-hung (梁智鴻; Class of 1955), GBS, JP; Doctor, urologist, Professor of Surgery in Urology, the University of Hong Kong; former chairman of the Hospital Authority of Hong Kong, former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong, trustee of the SJC Foundation
- Prof. John C.Y. Leong (梁智仁; Class of 1958), SBS, JP; Orthopaedic surgeon; President of the Open University of Hong KongOpen University of Hong KongThe Open University of Hong Kong is a Hong Kong university providing sub-degree, degree and postgraduate courses leading to awards and qualifications principally through a system of open access and distance education....
; former Dean of the LKS Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong; former Head of the Department of Orthopaedics & traumatology, University of Hong Kong - Prof. John Ting-sum Ho (何庭森; Class of 1959), SUNY Distinguished Service Professor of Physics, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate School, State University of New York at Buffalo; Guggenheim Fellow (1990); University of Hong Kong Distinguished Science Alumnus Award (2009)
- Prof. Shiu-kum Lam, OBE (林兆鑫; Class of 1962); former Dean of the LKS Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong; former Head of the Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong
- Prof. Richard Ho Man-wui (何文匯; Class of 1964), JP; President of The Chinese University of Hong Kong - Tung Wah Group of HospitalsTung Wah Group of HospitalsThe Tung Wah Group of Hospitals , with a long history from 1870, is the oldest and the largest charitable organisation in Hong Kong. Their education Services and Community Services to the community with a total of 194 service centres spreading over the territory of Hong Kong.Although it appears a...
Community College - Prof. Dennis Lo (盧煜明); Winner of the 2001 Outstanding Young Person of the World, winner of the 10 Outstanding Young Persons Award in Hong Kong (2000), Associate Dean (Research) of the Faculty of Medicine (CUHK) and the Director of the Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences
- Prof. John H.C. Ho (何鴻超), CBE; Distinguished doctor, founder of the Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society
- Dr. Raymond Wu Wai-yun (鄔維庸), GBS, OBE, JP; Renowned cardiologist, former President of the Physicians Society, the Hong Kong Cardiological Society and the Medical Association, member of the Basic Law Committee and Deputy of National Peoples' Congress
- Dr. Peter Lee Chung Yin (李仲賢), JP; Renowned specialist in family medicineFamily medicineFamily medicine is a medical specialty devoted to comprehensive health care for people of all ages. It is a division of primary care that provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family across all ages, sexes, diseases, and parts of the body...
, former President of the Medical Association, recently donated HK$ 600,000 to the SJC Foundation - Dr. Tsao Yen Chow (曹延洲; Class of 1951); Renowned paediatrician, former Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics at the University of Hong Kong, elected Honorary Life Member and former President of the Hong Kong Paediatric Society
- Prof. Lee Chack Fan (李焯芬), JP; Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Chair Professor in Geotechnical Engineering of the University of Hong Kong, Director of HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education
- Mr. Peter Tsui Yan Sau (徐仁壽); former teacher of SJC, founded Wah Yan College, Hong KongWah Yan College, Hong KongWah Yan College, Hong Kong is an eminent grant-in-aid secondary school in Hong Kong. It was founded on 16 December 1919, by Tsui Yan Sau Peter . It is a Roman Catholic secondary school for boys run by the Chinese Province of the Society of Jesus...
in 1919 and Wah Yan College Kowloon in 1924 - Prof. Jack Lau Ka Chun (廖家俊; Class of 1984); Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Electronic & Computer Engineering of the HKUST, Chairman & Founder of Perception DigitalPerception DigitalPerception Digital specializes in providing embedded firmware to enable smart consumer electronics devices and "end-to-end" product development and production solutions....
Co. Ltd., the largest technology spin-off company from the HKUST, winner of the 10 Outstanding Young Persons Award in Hong Kong (2000), winner of the Young Industrialist Awards of Hong Kong (2007), younger brother of Prof. George Lau - Prof. George Lau Ka Kit (廖家傑; Class of 1980); Professor in Gastroenterology & Hepatology of the HKU Department of Medicine, Assistant Dean (External Affairs & Fund Raising) of the HKU LKS Faculty of Medicine, Trustee of the Cheng Si-yuan (China-International) Hepatitis Research Foundation, winner of the 10 Outstanding Young Persons Award in Hong Kong (2002), elder brother of Prof. Jack Lau
- Prof. Andrew Chan Chi Fai (陳志輝; Class of 1971), SBS, JP; Professor in the CUHK Department of Marketing, College Head of CUHK Shaw College, Associate Dean (Undergraduate Studies) of the CUHK Faculty of Business Administration, Director of the CUHK Executive MBA Programme, Chairman of the Hong Kong Deposit Protection Board and former Chairman of the Consumer Council of Hong Kong
- Prof. Joseph Lai Cho Sam (Class of 1970); Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Dean (Research) at the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy
- Prof. Dick K.P. Yue (Class of 1970); Professor of Mechanical and Ocean Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Associate Dean of MIT School of Engineering (1999–2007).
Executive Council members
- Hon. Ronald ArculliRonald ArculliRonald Joseph Arculli, GBM, GBS, CVO, OBE, JP is chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing and Non-official Members Convenor of the Executive Council of Hong Kong . He is a Hong Kong solicitor and a founding partner of the law firm, Arculli, Fong, & Ng, which later merged with King &...
(夏佳理; Class of 1956), GBS, CVO, OBE, JP; SolicitorSolicitorSolicitors are lawyers who traditionally deal with any legal matter including conducting proceedings in courts. In the United Kingdom, a few Australian states and the Republic of Ireland, the legal profession is split between solicitors and barristers , and a lawyer will usually only hold one title...
, former member of the Legislative Council of Hong KongLegislative Council of Hong KongThe Legislative Council is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong.-History:The Legislative Council of Hong Kong was set up in 1843 as a colonial legislature under British rule...
, former chairman of the Hong Kong Jockey ClubHong Kong Jockey ClubThe Hong Kong Jockey Club is one of the oldest institutions in Hong Kong, founded in 1884 to promote horse racing. It was granted Royal Charter and renamed to "The Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club" in 1959...
, member of the Executive Council of Hong KongExecutive Council of Hong KongThe Executive Council of Hong Kong is a core policy-making organ in the executive branch of the government of Hong Kong.. The Chief Executive of Hong Kong serves as its President.The Executive Council normally meets once a week...
, chairman of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, trusteeTrusteeTrustee is a legal term which, in its broadest sense, can refer to any person who holds property, authority, or a position of trust or responsibility for the benefit of another...
of the SJC Foundation - The Hon. Sir David Li Kwok-po (李國寶; Class of 1957), GBM, GBS, OBE, JP; Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong, Chairman of the Bank of East AsiaBank of East AsiaThe Bank of East Asia Limited often abbreviated to BEA, is the largest independent local bank and the third largest bank in Hong Kong. Its chairman and chief executive is Sir David Li...
, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the SJC Foundation - Dr. the Hon. Leong Che-hung (梁智鴻; Class of 1955), GBS, JP; Doctor, urologist, former chairman of the Hospital AuthorityHospital AuthorityThe Hospital Authority is a statutory body managing all the public hospitals and institutes in Hong Kong. It is managed by the Hospital Authority Board and is under the monitor of the Secretary for Food and Health of the Hong Kong Government. Its chairman is Mr...
of Hong Kong, former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong, trustee of the SJC Foundation - The Hon. Sir Lee Quo-weiLee Quo-weiSir Quo-wei Lee, GBM, CBE, JP is a famous businessman in Hong Kong. He has been the director of Hang Seng Bank and the Chinese University of Hong Kong....
(利國偉), GBM, CBE, JP; former chairman of Hang Seng Bank Ltd, former Chairman of the Hong Kong Stock ExchangeHong Kong Stock ExchangeThe Hong Kong Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in Hong Kong. It is Asia's third largest stock exchange in terms of market capitalization behind the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Shanghai Stock Exchange and fifth largest in the world...
, former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1968–78), former member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong (1976–78, 1983–88), recently donated HK$1 million to the SJC Foundation - Dr. Sir Albert Rodrigues (羅理基; Class of 1927), CBE, LLD, JP; long time member of the Urban Council, Executive Council and Legislative Council, former Senior Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of Hong KongExecutive Council of Hong KongThe Executive Council of Hong Kong is a core policy-making organ in the executive branch of the government of Hong Kong.. The Chief Executive of Hong Kong serves as its President.The Executive Council normally meets once a week...
(1962–1974), former President of the SJC Old Boys Association (SJCOBA) - Dr. the Hon. Woo Pak Chuen (胡百全), CBE, JP; solicitorSolicitorSolicitors are lawyers who traditionally deal with any legal matter including conducting proceedings in courts. In the United Kingdom, a few Australian states and the Republic of Ireland, the legal profession is split between solicitors and barristers , and a lawyer will usually only hold one title...
and notary publicNotary publicA notary public in the common law world is a public officer constituted by law to serve the public in non-contentious matters usually concerned with estates, deeds, powers-of-attorney, and foreign and international business...
, Messrs P C Woo & Co., Solicitors, former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1964–73), former Senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Hong KongLegislative Council of Hong KongThe Legislative Council is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong.-History:The Legislative Council of Hong Kong was set up in 1843 as a colonial legislature under British rule...
(1972–1974), former member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong (1972–76), former President of the SJCOBA - Eric Peter Ho (何鴻鑾), CBE, JP; former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1977–87), former member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong (1985–87), former chairman of the Public Service Commission (1987–91), former Secretary for Trade and Industry (1983–87), former Secretary for Social Services (1977–82)
- Li Fook Shu (李福樹), OBE; former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, former member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong, former member of the Urban Council, one of the first chartered accountants in Hong Kong, former President of the SJCOBA
Legislators
- Sir John Joseph SwaineJohn Joseph SwaineSir John Joseph Swaine CBE, QC, JP was the President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1993 to 1995. A barrister by training, Swaine was an appointed and unofficial member of the council...
(施偉賢), CBE, South Carolina, JP; Prominent barristerBarristerA barrister is a member of one of the two classes of lawyer found in many common law jurisdictions with split legal professions. Barristers specialise in courtroom advocacy, drafting legal pleadings and giving expert legal opinions...
, Senior CounselSenior CounselThe title of Senior Counsel or State Counsel is given to a senior barrister or advocate in some countries, typically equivalent to the title "Queen's Counsel" used in Commonwealth Realms...
, currently the most senior barrister in Hong Kong, former Chairman of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, former President of the Legislative Council of Hong KongLegislative Council of Hong KongThe Legislative Council is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong.-History:The Legislative Council of Hong Kong was set up in 1843 as a colonial legislature under British rule...
(1993–1995). - The Hon. Dhun Jehangir RuttonjeeDhun Jehangir RuttonjeeDhun Jehangir Ruttonjee, CBE , was a Parsee in Hong Kong. He was the son of Jehangir Hormusjee Ruttonjee, the founder of Ruttonjee Sanitorium. He was a Legislative Councillor in the 1960s.-Biography:...
, CBE, JP; son of the founder of Ruttonjee Sanitorium in Hong Kong, former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, former Senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Hong KongLegislative Council of Hong KongThe Legislative Council is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong.-History:The Legislative Council of Hong Kong was set up in 1843 as a colonial legislature under British rule...
(1962–1968), former President of the SJCOBA - The Hon. Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung (林健鋒; Class of 1969), SBS, JP; member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, Trustee of the SJC Foundation, former President of the SJCOBA
- The Hon. Abraham Razack (石禮謙; Class of 1961), SBS, JP; member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
- Edward Ho Sing-tinEdward HoEdward Ho Sing-tin, SBS, OBE, JP, FHKIA is a Hong Kong politician, businessman, architect, partner and activist. A partner at Wong Tung & Partners, one of Hong Kong's largest architectural firms, Ho is a former honorary secretary of the University of Hong Kong's Students' Union.He served as:* Hong...
(何承天; Class of 1957), SBS, OBE, JP, FHKIA; Prominent architect, former member of the Legislative Council and the Executive Council of Hong Kong, Deputy Chairman & Managing Director of Wong Tung & Partners Ltd., Past President of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects (1983 & 1984), Trustee of the SJC Foundation
Civil Servants
- Peter TsaoPeter TsaoPeter Tsao Kwang-yung, CBE was a career civil servant of Hong Kong. Tsao was Secretary for Administrative Services and Information and Secretary for Home Affairs of colonial Hong Kong Government from 1985 to 1991...
Kwang-yung (曹廣榮), CBE, JP; former Secretary of the Government Secretariat. He ended his career as the head of Home Affairs, ranking fourth in the colonial hierarchy - Donald Liao Poon-huai (廖本懷), CBE, JP; former Secretary for Housing
- Chau Tak-hay (周德熙), GBS, CBE, JP; former Secretary for Trade and Industry, former Secretary for Broadcasting, Culture and Sport, former Secretary for Health and Welfare, former Director General of Trade
- Dr. Li Yuet Ting (李越挺; Class of 1955), CBE, JP; former Director of Education
- Andrew Wong Ho-yuen (黃灝玄; Class of 1977), JP; Permanent Secretary for the Civil Service
- Paul Tang Kwok-wai (鄧國威), JP; Permanent Secretary for Economic Development and Labour (Labour) & Commissioner for Labour
- Benjamin Tang Kwok-bun (鄧國斌; Class of 1969), JP; Director of Audit
- Isaac Chow Yiu Nam (鄒耀南), JP; Deputy Director of Government Logistics
Professionals
- Sir John Joseph Swaine CBE, JP, SC; Barrister, Senior Counsel.
- Mr. Lawrence Lok SC; Barrister, Senior Counsel.
- Mr. Benjamin Yu (余若海; Class of 1973), SBS, JP, SC; Barrister, Senior Counsel, Younger brother of Audrey EuAudrey EuYuet Mee Audrey Eu , LLB, LLM, SC, JP is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and the former leader of the Civic Party.-Education and legal career:...
余若薇. - Mr. Paul Shieh SC, Barrister, Senior Counsel.
- Mr. John Yan SC, Barrister, Senior Counsel.
- The Hon. Mr. Justice Mohan Bharwaney (包華禮; Class of 1971), Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court.
- Dr. Joseph Chow Ming-kuen (周明權) OBE, JP; Husband of Selina ChowSelina ChowSelina Chow Liang Shuk-yee, GBS OBE JP was a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong and the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. She was the former vice-chairman of the Liberal Party . She is also well-known in Hong Kong for her career in broadcasting.An alumnus of St...
周梁淑怡, civil & structural engineer, Chairman of Paul Y-ITC Construction Holdings Limited - Lam Wo Hei (林和起; Class of 1964), BBS, JP, FHKIA; Prominent architect, Director of Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd.Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd.Wong & Ouyang Ltd. is a group of architectural and engineering practice with offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Guangzhou.-External links:* * Wong & Ouyang Ltd., , September 2009...
- Tony Ng Kwok Tung (伍國棟; Class of 1968); certified public accountant, Managing Partner of Tony Kwok Tung Ng & Co., Non-executive Director of Wah Ha Realty Company Ltd.
- Dr. Harry Pannu, MBBS DDME DBA;CEO for a group of private hospitals in Australia, Brother of Birmingham City Football Club Chairman and famous HK barrister Peter Pannu.
Businessmen
- Dato Lau Siu Wai (Class of 1951), Founder and Group Executive Chairman of Miri Housing Group of Companies in Malaysia
- Dr. Lo Ka-shui (羅嘉瑞; Class of 1965), GBS, JP; Deputy Chairman and Managing Director of Great Eagle Holdings Limited, former Director of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and a past chairman of its Listing Committees of the Main Board and the Growth Enterprise Market
- Dr. Edgar Cheng (鄭維健; Class of 1961), GBS, JP; Chairman of the World-Wide Investment Co. Ltd., Member of the Tenth Chinese People's Political Consultative ConferenceChinese People's Political Consultative ConferenceThe Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference [], shortened as 人民政协, Rénmín Zhèngxié, i.e. "People's PCC"; or just 政协, Zhèngxié, i.e. "The PCC"), abbreviated CPPCC, is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China...
National Committee, Chairman of the Council of the Chinese University of Hong KongChinese University of Hong KongThe Chinese University of Hong Kong is a research-led university in Hong Kong.CUHK is the only tertiary education institution in Hong Kong with Nobel Prize winners on its faculty, including Chen Ning Yang, James Mirrlees, Robert Alexander Mundell and Charles K. Kao...
, former Head of Central Policy UnitCentral Policy UnitThe Central Policy Unit , established in 1989, is responsible for advising the Chief Executive of Hong Kong.-Senior staff:Head, CPU* Professor Lau Siu-kai Deputy Head, CPU* Mr Robin IPMembers...
of the Government of Hong Kong as well as the former Chairman of the Council of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. - Christopher Cheng (鄭維志), GBS, JP; former Chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
- Vincent Lo also known as Lo Hong-shuiVincent LoVincent Lo is the chairman of Hong Kong-based Shui On Group, a building-materials and construction firm.Lo graduated from University of New South Wales, Australia, in 1969...
(羅康瑞), GBS, JP; Chairman of Shui On Group. - Dr. Dickson PoonDickson PoonDickson Poon, SBS is a Hong Kong businessman in the luxury goods retailing sector. Poon is the executive chairman of his Hong Kong listed vehicle Dickson Concepts , which owns companies including Harvey Nichols and S. T. Dupont...
(潘迪生), SBS, CBE; Chairman of Dickson Concepts (International) Ltd. - Martin Lee Ka-shingMartin Lee Ka ShingMartin Lee Ka-shing is the vice-chairman and managing director of Henderson Land Development, one of the largest property developers in Hong Kong, and the director of the Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited....
(李家誠; Class of 1988); Vice Chairman of Henderson Land DevelopmentHenderson Land DevelopmentHenderson Land Development Co. Ltd. is a listed property company and a constituent of the Hang Seng Index. The company's principal activities are property development and investment, project management, construction, hotel operation, department store operation, finance, investment holding and...
and Henderson Investment Limited as well as a director of The Hong Kong and China Gas Company LimitedThe Hong Kong and China Gas Company LimitedThe Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited , commonly known as Towngas, is the sole provider of towngas in Hong Kong. Founded in 1862, it is one of the oldest listed companies in the territory....
and Miramar Hotel and Investment Company, Limited - Dr. Simon Lee Kwok Yin (李國賢), MBE, JP; Chairman of the Sun Hing Group of Companies, Director of Wing Hang Bank Ltd, Director of Pacific Basin Shipping Ltd, Chairman of Pacific Canadian Investments Holdings Corp., establisher of Simon K Y Lee Hall of HKU, trustee of the SJC Foundation, recently donated HK$ 600,000 to the SJC Foundation
- William Doo (杜惠愷), JP; Deputy Chairman of NWS Holdings Limited, Vice Chairman of New World China Land Limited and New World Mobile Holdings Limited; the brother-in-law of Dr Cheng Kar Shun, Henry (鄭家純); father of William Doo, Jr.
- William Doo, Jr. (杜家駒; Class of 1991); Executive Director of NWS Holdings Limited; son of William Doo (杜惠愷)
- Howard Chao (趙式浩; Class of 2000); eldest son of Cecil Chao (趙世曾), Executive Director of Cheuk Nang (Holdings) Limited
- Archibald Chan Tai Wing (陳棣榮); businessman, former science teacher of SJC; retired Commandant of the Hong Kong Auxiliary Police; husband of Anson ChanAnson ChanAnson Maria Elizabeth Chan Fang On-sang GBM GCMG CBE JP was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for Hong Kong Island, succeeding the late legislator Ma Lik....
陳方安生
Athletes/Sports related persons
- Leslie SantosLeslie George SantosLeslie George Santos , born 20 July 1967, was one of the best attacking midfielder players in Hong Kong football history. He is of Portuguese and British heritage.- Career :...
(山度士; Class of 1986); Hong Kong football legend; former SCAA, Sun HeiXiangxue Sun HeiSun Hei Sports Club , currently known as Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei due to sponsorship reason, is a Hong Kong football club which plays in the Hong Kong First Division League. The home ground of the club is Mong Kok Stadium.-History:...
and Hong Kong National Football Team member - Alex Fong Lik-sun (方力申; Class of 1997); Hong Kong Swimming Representative at Bangkok 1998 Asian Games1998 Asian GamesThe 13th Asian Games were held from December 6 to December 20, 1998 in Bangkok, Thailand. This was the first time that Thailand bid for the event after it shouldered the two postponed hosting rights in 1970 and 1978.-Emblem:...
, Pusan 2002 Asian Games2002 Asian GamesThe 2002 Asian Games, also known as XIV Asiad is a multi-sport event held in Busan, South Korea from September 29 to October 14, 2002. Busan is the second city, after Seoul in 1986 to host the Games. A total of 419 events in 38 sports were contested by 7,711 athletes from 44 countries...
and 2000 Sydney Olympics2000 Summer OlympicsThe Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
, Hong Kong Record Holder of (Long Course): 100m BackstrokeBackstrokeThe backstroke, also sometimes called the back crawl, is one of the four swimming styles regulated by FINA, and the only regulated style swum on the back. This has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimmers not being able to see where they are going. It is also the only...
59.71 (22/07/00), 200m BackstrokeBackstrokeThe backstroke, also sometimes called the back crawl, is one of the four swimming styles regulated by FINA, and the only regulated style swum on the back. This has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimmers not being able to see where they are going. It is also the only...
2.05.47 (20/09/00), 400m Individual Medley 4.29.02 (17/09/00), 4x100m Medley Relay 3.51.07 (05/10/02), 4x200m Freestyle Relay 7.38.91 (08/12/98), (Short Course): 200m Back Stroke 2.01.07 (09/01/00), 400m Individual Medley 4.21.08 (08/01/00), 4x200m Freestyle Relay 7.43.54 (02/04/99), singer and actor in Hong Kong - Charles Szeto Shui-ki (司徒瑞祈; Class of 1996); Hong Kong Swimming Representative at Bangkok 1998 Asian Games1998 Asian GamesThe 13th Asian Games were held from December 6 to December 20, 1998 in Bangkok, Thailand. This was the first time that Thailand bid for the event after it shouldered the two postponed hosting rights in 1970 and 1978.-Emblem:...
and Pusan 2002 Asian Games2002 Asian GamesThe 2002 Asian Games, also known as XIV Asiad is a multi-sport event held in Busan, South Korea from September 29 to October 14, 2002. Busan is the second city, after Seoul in 1986 to host the Games. A total of 419 events in 38 sports were contested by 7,711 athletes from 44 countries...
, Hong Kong Record Holder of (Long Course): 4x100m Freestyle Relay 3.30.29 (03/10/02), (Short Course): 100m Butterfly 55.74 (03/04/02), 4x200m Freestyle Relay 7.43.54 (02/04/99), television actor for TVB - Harbeth Fu Wing (符泳; Class of 1997); Hong Kong Swimming Representative at Bangkok 1998 Asian Games1998 Asian GamesThe 13th Asian Games were held from December 6 to December 20, 1998 in Bangkok, Thailand. This was the first time that Thailand bid for the event after it shouldered the two postponed hosting rights in 1970 and 1978.-Emblem:...
, Pusan 2002 Asian Games2002 Asian GamesThe 2002 Asian Games, also known as XIV Asiad is a multi-sport event held in Busan, South Korea from September 29 to October 14, 2002. Busan is the second city, after Seoul in 1986 to host the Games. A total of 419 events in 38 sports were contested by 7,711 athletes from 44 countries...
, Doha 2006 Asian Games2006 Asian GamesThe 15th Asian Games, officially known as the XV Asiad, is Asia's Olympic-style sporting event that was held in Doha, Qatar from December 1 to December 15, 2006. Doha was the first city in its region and only the second in West Asia to host the games...
and 2000 Sydney Olympics2000 Summer OlympicsThe Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
, Hong Kong Record Holder of (Short Course): 50m Freestyle 22.46 (25/03/01), 100m Individual Medley 58.26 (24/03/01) - Li Cheuk Lun (李焯倫; Class of 1999); Hong Kong Record Holder of (Short Course): 50m Butterfly 29.12 (25/03/01)
- Chung Kwok Leung (鍾國樑; Class of 2001); Hong Kong Swimming Representative at Pusan 2002 Asian Games2002 Asian GamesThe 2002 Asian Games, also known as XIV Asiad is a multi-sport event held in Busan, South Korea from September 29 to October 14, 2002. Busan is the second city, after Seoul in 1986 to host the Games. A total of 419 events in 38 sports were contested by 7,711 athletes from 44 countries...
, Hong Kong Record Holder of (Long Course): 1500m Freestyle 16.02.83 (29/08/02), (Short Course): 800m Freestyle 8.11.30 (12/12/04), 1500m Freestyle 15.38.44 (28/11/04) - Martin Hong (康寶駒; Class of 1968); SolicitorSolicitorSolicitors are lawyers who traditionally deal with any legal matter including conducting proceedings in courts. In the United Kingdom, a few Australian states and the Republic of Ireland, the legal profession is split between solicitors and barristers , and a lawyer will usually only hold one title...
, former Chairman of the Hong Kong Football AssociationHong Kong Football AssociationThe Hong Kong Football Association , often abbreviated to the HKFA, is the governing body of association football in Hong Kong. Its current chairman is Brian Leung Hung-Tak and its general secretary is Vincent Yuen Mun-Chuen.- History :... - Peter WongPeter Wong (sports commentator)Peter Hing-kwei Wong Peter Hing-kwei Wong (黃興桂) Peter Hing-kwei Wong (黃興桂) (nickname Pei Dan Wong (皮蛋黃, lit. Preserved egg yolk, or Kwai Sun (桂神, lit. Kwai God)) is a sports commentator in Hong Kong...
(黃興桂); former coach of First Division football teams such as EasternEastern AAEastern Athletic Association is a football club and now plays in Hong Kong Third Division "A" League. It was a very successful team especially in the 1990s and was given the name 'Eastern Dynasty'. Eastern had originally competed in Second Division League during 2006/07 season and demoted to Third...
, SCAA and Tsuen Wan; ESPN Cantonese commentator
Show-business characters
- Ray CordeiroRay CordeiroReinaldo Maria "Uncle Ray" Cordeiro, BBS MBE is a Hong Kong media personality and a disc jockey of the Radio Television Hong Kong. He was awarded by the Guinness Book of World Records as “the World's Most Durable DJ” in 2000...
(Also known as "Uncle Ray"; Class of 1941) MBE, HKSAR BBS; The world's most enduring DJ (Guinness World Record holder) - Natalis ChanNatalis ChanNatalis Chan Pak-Cheung, born 3 December 1950 in Hong Kong, is a Hong Kong television host, film actor and producer.Besides his duties as a variety show host, he has also been a horse racing commentator and horse trainer...
(陳百祥); comedian and game show host. - Damian Lau Chung-Yan (劉松仁); film and television actor.
- Jan LambJan LambJan Lamb Hoi Fong is a DJ, pop singer, actor in Hong Kong. Jan is the elder brother of actor/DJ/game host Jerry and younger brother of singer and radio personality Sandy...
(林海峰); DJ of Commercial Radio Hong KongCommercial Radio Hong KongCommercial Radio Hong Kong , aka Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting Company Limited is one of only two commercial radio broadcasting companies in Hong Kong along with Metro Radio Hong Kong. It contains a balanced array of entertainment including informative, educational, arts and cultural programmes...
, Cantopop singer and lyricist; voice-over talent for TV commercials - Ivan Wang Yoa Leung (王友良; Class of 1998); Cantopop singer & CEO of KING Enterprise;
- Daniel LeeDaniel LeeDaniel Lee may refer to:*Daniel Curtis Lee , American actor*Daniel Armand Lee , South Korean hip hop artist, songwriter and lyricist*Danell Lee , winner of the second season of Malaysian Idol...
(李仁港); film director - Anthony Tang Ho Kwong (鄧浩光; Class of 1979); film and television actor; former Hong Kong Swimming Team captain
- Chiu Tsang-hei (趙增熹); Cantopop composer and producer
- John Tang (鄧一君; Class of 1993); former television actor
- Luke Tsang Chi-wah (曾智華; Class of 1972); renowned radio & television presenter for RTHK
- Jonathan Hsui (許智豪); class of 1996; former Cable VJ and RTHK DJ, now a lawyer
- Kelvin KwanKelvin KwanKelvin Kwan is a cantopop singer from Go East, a subdivision of Universal Music.-Family background:Born into a wealthy family, Kwan was raised in Canada. His father is Hong Kong record producer William Kwan, an executive for the Hong Kong division of PolyGram, who played in the band Teddy Robin and...
(關楚耀; Class of 2000); Cantopop singer - Johnny Tang (鄧兆尊); film and television actor
- Wilfred Lau (劉浩龍); Cantopop singer
- Jake Phelps (吳家瑋); magician, legend, broker
See also
- Education in Hong KongEducation in Hong KongEducation in Hong Kong has a similar system to that of the United Kingdom, in particular the English education system of Hong Kong was modernised by the British in 1861. The system is often described as extremely competitive by global standards....
- List of schools in Hong Kong
- List of buildings and structures in Hong Kong
- Institute of the Brothers of the Christian SchoolsInstitute of the Brothers of the Christian SchoolsThe Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools is a Roman Catholic religious teaching congregation, founded in France by Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle and now based in Rome...
- Lasallian universities and collegesLasallian universities and collegesLa Sallian educational institutions are educational institutionsaffiliated with the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, also known as the...
St. Joseph's College
- Green & White Online - the official website of St. Joseph's College
- GreenAndWhite.NET
- St. Joseph's College Students' Union
- St. Joseph's College Old Boys' Association
- St. Joseph's College Old Boys' Association (Vancouver chapter)
- St. Joseph's College Alumni (Toronto)
- SJC Class of 1970 (Form 5) -- 40th reunion on Nov 17, 2010 in HK