Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Li Ka Shing College
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Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Li Ka Shing College (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...

 東華三院李嘉誠中學)is a whole-day co-educational aided secondary school subsidised by the Hong Kong Government. Located in Cheung Wah Estate, a public housing estate in Fanling
Fanling
Fanling , also known as Fan Ling and Fan Leng, is an area in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the North District...

 in New Territories
New Territories
New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory. Historically, it is the region described in The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory...

 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...

, it was the twelfth secondary school set up by Tung Wah Group of Hospitals
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals
The 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...

, a charity organisation in 1982.

Donor

Li Ka Shing
Li Ka Shing
Sir Ka-shing Li, GBM, KBE, JP is a Chinese business magnate based in Hong Kong. He is the richest person of East Asian descent in the world and the eleventh richest person in the world with an estimated wealth of US$26.0 billion on 10 March 2011...

, the richest man in Hong Kong, made a huge donation to build the campus and improved the facilities of this school. For example, he made a donation for installing the air-conditioning systems of the hall and finished in 1997. In addition, he made a donation for the new annex and new equipment and finished in 2006.

List of Principals

Here is the list of the principals from 1982 to now:

Mr WU Kwok Yin (胡國賢)(1982–1993)

Mr CHUNG Chiang Hon (叢蔣漢)(1993–2005)

Mr LEUNG Hok Po (梁學圃)(2005 - )

House

There are 8 houses in Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Li Ka Shing College. It is very different from other Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Colleges because they only have 4 houses. The houses are red house(勤社), yellow house(儉社), blue house(忠社), purple house(信社), orange house(仁社), brown house(義社), green house(禮社) and grey house(智社).

Junior Form

The former principal, Mr CHUNG Chiang Hon, has started to offer English Literature and English Enrichment Programme and provide Media English in 2004 in order to put emphasis on English. Due to the Fine-tuning of Medium of Instruction for Secondary Schools starting from 2010, the medium of instruction in F.1 has been changed to English.
The subjects offered in F.1
Chinese as medium of instruction Chinese(Putonghua as a medium of instruction), History, Liberal Studies, Music, Physical Education, Visual Arts, Civil Education, Putonghua
English as medium of instruction English Language, English Literature, Mathematics, Integrated Science, Geography, Computer Literacy, Home Economics, Design & Technology

The subjects offered in F.2 and F.3
Chinese as medium of instruction Chinese(Putonghua as a medium of instruction), Chinese History, History, Mathematics, Integrated Science, Economics, Geography,
Home Economics, Design & Technology, Music, Physical Education, Visual Arts, Civil Education, Putonghua
English as medium of instruction English Language, English Literature, Computer Literacy

Old Senior Secondary

There were 5 classes each form in form 4 and form 5,namely, 1 Art stream class, 2 Commerce stream classes and 2 Science stream classes. Generally, students from A and E took 8 HKCEE subjects and those from B,C,D take 7. The last class of F.5 taking HKCEE ended in 2010.
4A/5A 4B/5B 4C/5C 4D/5D 4E/5E
Compulsory HKCEE subjects:Chinese, English, Mathematics
Compulsory non-HKCEE subjects:Physical Education, Civic Education, Integrated Art Education(F.4)
HKCEE subjects
Chinese History Physics
History Chemistry
Economics Principle of Accounts Biology
Geography            
             
                
Additional Mathematics/
Computer & Information Technology
Computer & Information Technology/
Principle of Accounts(For Art student)/
Word Processing & Business Communication/
Biology/Chinese Literature/Economics(For Commerce student)/Putonghua/Visual Art
Computer & Information Technology(Students from D and those studying A.Maths in E)/
Economics/Principle of Accounts/
Word Processing & Business Communication/
Chinese Literature/Putonghua/Visual Art



There are 2 classes in each form in forms 6 and 7, namely, Art and Commerce class and Science class. Students can select 3AL, 2AL+2AS, 2AL+1AS as their HKALE subjects apart from Chinese Language and Culture and Use of English.

Art and Commerce Stream(6A/7A) Science Stream(6B/7B)
Compulsory HKALE subjects:Chinese Language and Culture(AS), Use of English(AS)
Compulsory non-HKALE subjects:Physical Education, Civlc Education, Integrated Art Education(F.6), Putonghua(F.6)
Compulsory HKALE subjects
Group Select 4 subjects among 3 groups
Only one subject is selected from each group
Group Select 1 subject from each group.
1 #Chiese History Economics A Pure Mathematics Biology
2 Chinese Literature Geography B Applied Mathematics Chemistry
3 #History Principle of Accounts C Physics *Mathematics & Statistics and/or
*Computer Application and/or
*Liberal Studies (1 to 2 subjects only)
4 *Liberal Studies *Mathematics & Statistics

*Advance Supplementary Level(AS)Subject

#Both Advance Supplementary Level(ASL)and Advance Level(AL)options offered

Note:Starting from 2007,students from Art and Commerce stream can take computer Application;those from Science stream can take 1 commerce subject.

New Senior Secondary(NSS) curriculum

Starting from 2009, T.W.G.Hs Li Ka Shing College offers the new senior secondary course.
4A/5A/6A 4B/5B/6B 4C/5C/6C 4D/5D/6D 4E/5E/6E
Compulsory HKDSE subjects:Chinese, English, Mathematics, Liberal Studies
Compulsory non-HKDSE subjects:Physical Education, Civic Education, Integrated Art Education(F.4-F.5)
HKDSE subjects
History Chinese History Business, Accounting and Financial Studies Biology Physics
Chinese History/ History/ Tourism and Hospitality Studies/ Geography/ Combined Science(Chemistry + Physics) Chemistry
Economics/ Chinese Literature/
Information and Communication Technology/
Business, Accounting and Financial Studies(Not for students in 4C/5C/6C)/
Biology(Not for students in 4D/5D/6D)/ Visual Art

Renowned Alumni

  • Warwick Wan Wo Tat(2008-2011 District Councillor in North District Council)
  • Wallis Pang
    Wallis Pang
    Wallis Pang was once an actress with Television Broadcasts Limited, who first came into fame in Files of Justice. She is popularly known for her role Ah Jing in A Kindred Spirit, in which she was paired with Lap San, played by Marco Lo. She was once one of the Five Beauty of TVB...

    (Hong Kong actress)

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