Queen's College, Hong Kong

Queen's College Chinese: 皇仁書院
"Labor Omnia Vincit" (Latin) "勤有功" (Chinese) "Labour conquers all" (English)
Location
120 Causeway Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Information
Type	Public, single-sex
Established	1862
Principal	Ms. LI Sui-Wah
Staff	About 60 staff
Number of students	About 1000 students
Color(s)	Red
Medium of instruction	English, except Chinese Language, Chinese History and Mandarin, in which Chinese is the medium of instruction
Campus Size	Approximately 2.5 acres (16,766 m²)
School Magazine	The Yellow Dragon - First Published in June 1899. The first Anglo-Chinese school magazine in the world
Website	qc.edu.hk

"勤有功" (Chinese)

120 Causeway Road,

Queen's College (Chinese: 皇仁書院), initially named The Government Central School (中央書院) in 1862, later renamed as Victoria College (皇后書院) in 1889, is a sixth form college for boys with a secondary school attached. It was the first public secondary school founded in Hong Kong by the British colonial government. Queen's College obtained its present name in 1894 and is now located at Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.

The Central School was established at Gough Street, Central. Dr. Frederick Stewart was appointed the first Headmaster of the Central School, as well as Inspector of Schools in the Colony.

The Headmaster of the Central School was responsible for supervising all schools in Hong Kong until March 1879 when the Government established a separate office for the Inspector of Schools, predecessor of the Department of Education, which was later incorporated into the Education Bureau.

During the school's early years, the student population consisted of a variety of nationalities. Whereas Chinese students enrolled in English, students from other nationalities were expected to study Chinese classics.

Secular schooling sparked much controversies among the Hong Kong Governor and religious leaders. In many occasions, the Governor personally scrutinized and intervened the school operations. The Government later established a grant program to put religious schools at the same funding level as the Central School. On 26 April 1884, Sir George Bowen, Governor from 1883 to 1887, administered the stone-laying ceremony for the new school building at Aberdeen Street. As a student, Sun Yat-sen also attended the ceremony. On the recommendation of the Governor, the Central School was to be known as Victoria College when it moved to the new site.