New Asia Middle School
New Asia Middle School (Chinese: 新亞中學; Jyutping: san1 aa3 zung1 hok6), abbreviated as NAMS, is an aided secondary school founded in 1973. It is located at Farm Road, Kau Pui Lung, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The school was founded by Prof. Ch'ien Mu as a non-profit-making Chinese secondary school at the former campus of New Asia College, after the latter became a member college of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and moved to Ma Liu Shui, Sha Tin. The spirit of the school is to promote Chinese culture, revive Chinese ethics, and cultivate the New Asian qualities of students.
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| Address | |
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6 Farm Road, Kowloon | |
| Coordinates | 22.3208°N 114.1862°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Aided |
| Motto | Sincerity and intelligence Chinese: 誠明 |
| Established | 28 September 1973[1] |
| School district | Kowloon City District |
| Principal | Ms. Leung Suk Ching |
| Faculty | 58 |
| Grades | Form 1 to Form 6 |
| Gender | co-education |
| Number of students | around 600 |
| Average class size | 25 |
| Language | Chinese and English |
| Campus size | about 13,000 m2 (140,000 sq ft) |
| Houses | Pork, Man, York, Lai |
| Color(s) | blue, white, azure |
| Publication | 春泥,[2] 農圃[3] |
| Affiliation | New Asia Educational Cultural Association |
| Website | www |
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Recently, the school uses Chinese as the main medium of instruction, offering four classes each from Form 1 to Form 6. In the 1970s, the members of the school board included Prof. Tang Chun-i and Prof. Yu Ying-shih etc. The school receives positive evaluation of students' polite behaviour from shop owners as well as the staff working in the vicinity.
School administration
The founder of the school was Prof. Ch'ien Mu. After their retirement from college as sinologists, Prof. Mou Zongsan and Prof. Xu Fuguan helped found the school.[4] The school is currently sponsored by New Asia Educational Cultural Association. In 2007, the IMC was established in accordance with the Hong Kong Education Ordinance to promote the effective development of school administration.[5]
- Members of the school board
In the 1970s, the members of the school board included Prof. Yu Ying-shih, Prof. Xun Guo-dong (孫國棟) and Prof. Tang Chun-i etc, and most of them were historians or philosophers.[6][7] Later, Mr. Heung Shu Fai (香樹輝), a famous banker in Hong Kong, became one of the managers of the school.[8]
- Supervisors
Recently, Mr. Wat Kai Chau (屈啟秋) is the supervisor.
- Principals
| 1st term principal | 2nd term principal | 3rd term principal | 4th term principal | 5th term principal |
| Mr. Xu Tao | Ms. Lau Wun Ying | Mr. Wat Kai Chau | Ms. Wong Wai Ting | Ms. Leung Suk Ching |
| 1973 - 1993 | 1993 - 2001 | 2001 - 2010 | 2010 - 2019 | 2019 - Present |
- Vice principals
| Vice principals (1st row: external affairs, 2nd row: internal affairs) |
| Mr. Sham Koo Ming → Ms. Leung Shuk Ching → Ms. Lee Wai Man[9] |
| Mr. Wong Wah Jim → Ms. Wong Wai Ting → Mr. Cheng Kwok Fu → Ms. Chuck Kwai Ying[9] |
Campus environment
Its campus consists of four complexes: Block A with a library and the New Asia Institute inside, Block B, Block C and Block S (the Pillar).
References
- "繼承新亞書院精神與理想 新亞中學九月開課". 華僑日報. 23 May 1973. p. 2.
- "春泥". New Asia Middle School. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- "農圃". New Asia Middle School. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- 林之滿、蕭楓 (2008). 渾厚深沉的中國哲學（下）. 遼海出版社.
退休後，唐君毅又與牟宗三、徐復觀一起創辦新亞中學，熱心於教育事業。
- "新亞中學家長教師會 家長校董選舉通告：2018PTA03，2018年" (PDF). New Asia Middle School. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- "創校簡史" (PDF). New Asia Middle School. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- 新亞中學第一屆畢業同學錄. New Asia Middle School. 1978.
- "專欄「細說新事」〈新亞中學薪火相傳〉". 香樹輝. Sing Tao Daily. 15 July 2010.
- "我們的團隊". New Asia Middle School. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- "Secondary School Profiles 2019/2020". Committee on Home-School Co-operation. Retrieved 29 April 2020.