HKMA David Li Kwok Po College
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HKMA David Li Kwok Po College is a college in Hong Kong
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for the total development of our student
s, encompassing moral, intellectual, physical, social and aesthetic aspects. The College believes that each student has worth and is endowed with potential
and that the school can and should develop its students to the fullest. The College also believes that every child has talent
and this should be nurtured. Each student should also become an effective and independent learner by learning to accept responsibility for his or her learning outcomes.
Principal: Mr. Nicholas Puiu
Type: Direct Subsidized School
Medium of Instruction: English Medium
of Instruction
Address: 8 Hoi Wang Road, Mongkok (West), West Kowloon
, Hong Kong
Founded in 2000, HKMA David Li Kwok Po College has provided bilingual
and multicultural education to learners in Hong Kong for almost a decade. As an English Medium of Instruction school, all school subjects are taught in English, except Chinese language
for junior forms, which is taught in Putonghua.
By 2010, the College will move on to its 10th Anniversary. The students are nurtured under an authentic English foundation that are created by a team of teachers, from countries such as Hong Kong, Australia
, Malaysia, France
, India
and the UK. To achieve this aim, the College has maintained a ratio whereby more than 15% of their teaching staff has been recruited from outside of Hong Kong. Furthermore, 97% of its teaching staff possess both a recognized university degree and a teaching qualification.
Sports: Judo
, volleyball
, table tennis
, football, basketball
, cricket
, bowling
, fencing
etc.
Music: Violin
, clarinet
, brass band
, percussion, choir
, etc.
Uniform Groups: Red Cross
Recreational: Campus TV, drama, magic, cookery, etc.
Academic: English, Maths, French, Geography, Science, Art, Japanese etc.
To further broaden student experiences, the College each year, during holidays and school breaks, organises overseas study tours. To date, their students have enjoyed linguistic and cultural immersion experiences in the UK, Australia, Singapore
, Taiwan
, New Zealand
, France and several important world heritage cities within Mainland China.
whose core activity is professional education. The HKMA has served the education and training needs of the working population in Hong Kong effectively for over 40 years. With a membership of more than 12,000 executives, HKMA organises more than 2,100 programmes for approximately 48,000 participants annually. Apart from adult education, the HKMA is also concerned with educating Hong Kong’s young future leaders. HKMA David Li Kwok Po College opened in 2000, the second school founded and administered by the HKMA. Its first, HKMA K. S. Lo College is located in Tin Shui Wai
. Dr the Hon David K. P. Li GBM GBS JP, Chairman and Chief Executive of the Bank of East Asia
Limited, is currently the Chairman of the HKMA.
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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...
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Mission statement
The mission of the College is to promote a well-rounded educationEducation
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
for the total development of our student
Student
A student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English...
s, encompassing moral, intellectual, physical, social and aesthetic aspects. The College believes that each student has worth and is endowed with potential
Potential
*In linguistics, the potential mood*The mathematical study of potentials is known as potential theory; it is the study of harmonic functions on manifolds...
and that the school can and should develop its students to the fullest. The College also believes that every child has talent
Talent
Talent can refer to:*Talent *Aptitude, a talent is a group of aptitudes useful for some activity, talents may refer to aptitudes themselvesEntertainment*A show-business personality or group of them...
and this should be nurtured. Each student should also become an effective and independent learner by learning to accept responsibility for his or her learning outcomes.
About the College
Established: September 2000Principal: Mr. Nicholas Puiu
Type: Direct Subsidized School
Medium of Instruction: English Medium
English medium education
An English medium education system is one that uses English as the primary medium of instruction - in particular where English is not the mother tongue of the students....
of Instruction
Address: 8 Hoi Wang Road, Mongkok (West), West Kowloon
West Kowloon
West Kowloon is a part of Kowloon, Hong Kong situated within the Yau Tsim Mong District. It is bounded by Canton Road to the east, Victoria Harbour to the west and the south, and Jordan Road to the north. Further to the north, the area extends to Tai Kok Tsui to the west of the West Kowloon...
, 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...
Founded in 2000, HKMA David Li Kwok Po College has provided bilingual
Bilingual education
Bilingual education involves teaching academic content in two languages, in a native and secondary language with varying amounts of each language used in accordance with the program model.-Bilingual education program models:...
and multicultural education to learners in Hong Kong for almost a decade. As an English Medium of Instruction school, all school subjects are taught in English, except Chinese language
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...
for junior forms, which is taught in Putonghua.
By 2010, the College will move on to its 10th Anniversary. The students are nurtured under an authentic English foundation that are created by a team of teachers, from countries such as Hong Kong, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, Malaysia, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and the UK. To achieve this aim, the College has maintained a ratio whereby more than 15% of their teaching staff has been recruited from outside of Hong Kong. Furthermore, 97% of its teaching staff possess both a recognized university degree and a teaching qualification.
Extra-Curricular activities
In 2009/10, the College offers a number of activities, including:Sports: Judo
Judo
is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, table tennis
Table tennis
Table 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...
, football, 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...
, cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
, bowling
Bowling
Bowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
, fencing
Fencing
Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...
etc.
Music: Violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
, clarinet
Clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
, brass band
Brass band
A brass band is a musical ensemble generally consisting entirely of brass instruments, most often with a percussion section. Ensembles that include brass and woodwind instruments can in certain traditions also be termed brass bands , but are usually more correctly termed military bands, concert...
, percussion, 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...
, etc.
Uniform Groups: Red Cross
Recreational: Campus TV, drama, magic, cookery, etc.
Academic: English, Maths, French, Geography, Science, Art, Japanese etc.
To further broaden student experiences, the College each year, during holidays and school breaks, organises overseas study tours. To date, their students have enjoyed linguistic and cultural immersion experiences in the UK, Australia, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, France and several important world heritage cities within Mainland China.
The Hong Kong Management Association
Established in 1960, the Hong Kong Management Association (HKMA) is a non-profit making organisationNon-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
whose core activity is professional education. The HKMA has served the education and training needs of the working population in Hong Kong effectively for over 40 years. With a membership of more than 12,000 executives, HKMA organises more than 2,100 programmes for approximately 48,000 participants annually. Apart from adult education, the HKMA is also concerned with educating Hong Kong’s young future leaders. HKMA David Li Kwok Po College opened in 2000, the second school founded and administered by the HKMA. Its first, HKMA K. S. Lo College is located in Tin Shui Wai
Tin Shui Wai
Tin Shui Wai is an area of Hong Kong, located in Yuen Long District, in the northwestern part of the New Territories. Originally a gei wai fish pond area, the ponds were reclaimed for the development of Tin Shui Wai New Town in the late 1980s...
. Dr the Hon David K. P. Li GBM GBS JP, Chairman and Chief Executive of the Bank of East Asia
Bank of East Asia
The 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...
Limited, is currently the Chairman of the HKMA.
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