Wah Yan College, Hong Kong
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Wah Yan College, Hong Kong also referred to by its acronym WYHK, is a Catholic all-boys grant-in-aid secondary education institution run by the Society of Jesus in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. It was founded by Peter Tsui [yue] on 16 December 1919. It was a non-sectarian school when it was founded, and the Jesuits took over the operation of the school in 1932.
Wah Yan College, Hong Kong 香港華仁書院 (Chinese) | |||
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Coordinates | 22.27408°N 114.17615°E / 22.27408; 114.17615 | ||
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Type | Private Roman Catholic Grant-in-aid All-male Secondary education institution | ||
Motto | Latin: In Hoc Signo Vinces English: In this sign you shall conquer | ||
Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic (Jesuit) | ||
Established | 16 December 1919; 104 years ago (1919-12-16) | ||
Founder | Tsui Yan Sau Peter | ||
Supervisor | Fr. Tsui Lap Yan, Clement, SJ | ||
Principal | Dr. Chan Wai Lun, Davis | ||
Vice Principal | Mr. Lai Fuk Wai, Ricky Mr. Ng Siu Man, Julian Mr. Cheung Pak Ki | ||
Chaplain | Fr. Zhang John Joseph, SJ | ||
Grades | F.1 – F.6 (Equivalent of Grades 7–12) | ||
Medium of instruction | English | ||
Enrollment | 802 | ||
Campus size | 20,000 square metres (2.0 ha) | ||
Campus type | Urban | ||
Colour(s) | Blue and red | ||
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Nickname | Wahyanite | ||
Yearbook | The Star | ||
Alumni | See below | ||
Alma Mater song | Wah Yan College School Song | ||
Website | http://www.wahyan.edu.hk |
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Traditional Chinese | 香港華仁書院 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 香港华仁书院 | ||||||||||
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Subsidised by the Government of Hong Kong, WYCHK is a grammar school using English as the medium of instruction (except Chinese and Chinese History). There are around 60 teachers and 800 students. It is a sister school of Wah Yan College, Kowloon.
The school has an enrolment of approximately 800 students with 60 teachers and a few Irish Jesuit fathers. The supervisor of the school is Rev. Fr. Clement Tsui, S.J., who is an alumnus of the school and a Roman Catholic Jesuit priest. The current principal of the school is Dr. Davis Chan, the second alumnus of St. Joseph's College, Hong Kong to become the principal of the college after the founder Mr. Peter Tsui Yan Sau.