Ho Lap College
| Ho Lap College | |
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To act benevolently and to teach benevolence
(普濟勸善) |
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| Location | |
| 15 Tseuk Luk Street, San Po Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong (香港九龍新蒲崗爵祿街15號) | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public school |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism (道、釋、儒) |
| Established | 1 September 1969 |
| Principal | Mr. Ling Kin Chen, Jacky |
| Enrollment | 27 classes, 4 classes (F.1–F.3) and 5 classes (F.4-F.6) |
| Number of students | 1,203 (academic year 2008–09) |
| Language | English |
| Colour(s) | Green |
| Website | holap.edu.hk |
Coordinates: 22°20′12″N 114°11′44″E / 22.33667°N 114.19556°E
Ho Lap College (可立中學), HLC, is a band-one grant-aided co-educational grammar school in San Po Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Founded in 1969, it is a well-established secondary school in the area. In particular, HLC enjoys the status of one of the few "English as the Medium of Instruction" (EMI) school in the Kowloon district.
Ho Lap College is the first government-aided secondary school sponsored by Sik Sik Yuen. Its history dates back to 1961, when a committee was set up to deal with the establishment of a new school. Mr. Wong Wan-tin was elected as the committee’s Chief Commissioner. With government funding, the school’s foundation stone laying ceremony took place on 7 October 1966, the birthday of Master Wong Tai Sin. Mr. David MacDougall, Registrar General, was the guest of honour. That year was significant as it marked the 45th anniversary of Sik Sik Yuen. When Ho Lap College opened on 1 September 1969, it had 12 classes of about 500 Form1 to Form3 students. The opening ceremony was held in the same year in December, with Mr. J. Canning, former Director of Educator, as the guest of honour.
In order to provide students with a better learning environment, two major improvement programmes were implemented. In 1987, Sik Sik Yuen’s board of directors granted HK$6,000,000 for the construction of a new wing in the otherwise car-park area. The construction work started in early November 1989 and was completed in July 1991. The school had the honour to have Mr. Lan Hon-tsung, Regional Secretary, to open the new wing on 26 September 1991. The new wing consists of a number of dedicated facilities: Home Economics Room, Design and Technology Room, Science Laboratory, a computer room as well as two remedial teaching classrooms. The school’s facilities have been further enhanced under the School Improvement Programme (SIP) in 1997. A green plot was redeveloped into a new annex, with the addition of a new staff room, a conference room and four classrooms. A room on the ground floor was also reserved for the Parents Teachers Association Resource Centre, which hugely helps strengthen the relationship between the parents and the school. The annex under SIP was officially opened by Dr. Cheung Wing-ming on 26 November 1999, the school’s 30th anniversary.
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