Hong Kong True Light College

Hong Kong True Light College
Chinese: 香港真光書院
Location
1 Lei Tung Estate Road
Ap Lei Chau, Hong Kong
Information
Type Primary and secondary school for girls
Motto 'Thou art the Light of the world' (Matthew 5:14) (爾乃世之光)
Established 1975
School district Hong Kong Island
President Lai Sau Kay
Principal Tao Chee Ying (M. Ed), JP
Affiliation Protestantism/Christianity
School type Aided
School Size Around 7711 sq.m
Sponsoring body The True Light Middle School of Hong Kong School Management Board
Website www.hktlc.edu.hk

Hong Kong True Light College (HKTLC; Chinese: 香港真光書院) is a Christian girls secondary school in Ap Lei Chau, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.

History

Harriet Newell Noyes, an American Christian missionary, founded True Light College in Guangzhou in 1872.[1] Four schools are associated with True Light- Hong Kong True Light College, which were established from 1935 to 1973. In 1975, the Hong Kong True Light College was founded in Caine Road, and was later relocated to Ap Lei Chau in 1995. The Chinese name was also changed in 1999.

School motto

  • 'Thou art the light of the world' (爾乃世之光) (Matthew 5:14)

School badge

  • Star of Bethlehem

School ethos

  • Hong Kong True Light College is marked by the culture of simplicity. It aim at cultivating students' good character and implementing a Christian-based holistic education. In school, students need to wear a blue 'cheong-sam', a traditional costume for Chinese women. Students may wear short hair, plaits or pony-tails.

School song

  • 'We sing of a school where we’re happy as can be, of course, we mean Chan Kwong. In our work and in our play, we’re as good as we can be, for the glory of Chan Kwong.In the days that have gone by, there were keepers of the light, good keepers at Chan Kwong. And in the coming time, we too will keep the light, keep it shining for Chan Kwong.

[REFRAIN]For the glory of Chan Kwong we’ll live, for the glory of Chan Kwong. In the days that are to be, we’ll be good as we can be, for the glory of Chan Kwong.'

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ 那夏理：创办真光学堂的洋女子 [Noyes: Founder of the True Light Academy], retrieved 1 April 2015

See also

Coordinates: 22°18′50″N 114°10′22″E / 22.3138°N 114.1728°E / 22.3138; 114.1728


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