Wah Yan College, Hong Kong
| Wah Yan College, Hong Kong Chinese: 香港華仁書院 |
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281 Queen's Road East Wan Chai Hong Kong |
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| Coordinates | 22°16′27″N 114°10′34″E / 22.27408°N 114.17615°E |
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| School type | Grant-in-aid, Secondary school |
| Motto |
In Hoc Signo Vinces ("In this sign you shall conquer") |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1919 |
| Founder | Tsui Yan Sau Peter |
| Status | Open |
| Authority | Society of Jesus |
| School code | WYHK |
| President | Rev. Fr. Chow Sau Yan, Stephen, S.J. (Supervisor) |
| Principal | Dr. So Ying Lun |
| Chaplain | Fr. Tsui Lap Yan, Clement, S.J. |
| Grades | F.1 – F.6 (Equivalent of Grades 7–12) |
| Gender | Male |
| Enrolment | 802 (2016.09.01) |
| • Grade 7 | (F.1) 144 |
| • Grade 8 | (F.2) 144 |
| • Grade 9 | (F.3) 139 |
| • Grade 10 | (F.4) 142 |
| • Grade 11 | (F.5) 114 |
| • Grade 12 | (F.6) 119 |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Mount Parish |
| Campus size | 20,000 m² |
| Houses | Berchmans, Xavier, Kostka, Loyola |
| School colour(s) | Red, green, blue, white |
| Sports | Athletics, badminton, basketball, cross country, fencing, football, orienteering, swimming, table tennis, ice hockey, water polo, tennis |
| Yearbook | The Star |
| Feeder schools | Pun U Association Wah Yan Primary School |
| Alumni | See below |
| Brother school | Wah Yan College Kowloon |
| Scout Group | 15th Hong Kong |
| Red Cross Youth Unit | 34th |
| Website | http://www.wahyan.edu.hk |
Wah Yan College, Hong Kong (WYHK; demonym: Wahyanite, pl.: Wahyanites) is a grant-in-aid secondary school in Hong Kong. Founded on 16 December 1919 by Tsui Yan Sau Peter (1889–1980), it is now a Roman Catholic secondary school for boys run by the Chinese Province of the Society of Jesus.
Fully subsidised by the Government of Hong Kong, it is a grammar school using English as the medium of instruction. It is often revered by the local community, together with its brother school Wah Yan College, Kowloon, as one of the most elite and prestigious boys' schools in Hong Kong. It has an enrolment of approximately 800 students with 60 teachers and Irish Jesuit Fathers. The Supervisor of the school is Rev. Fr. Stephen Chow, S.J., who is an alumnus of the school, a Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, and an educational psychologist. The current principal of the school is Dr. So Ying Lun, who is an alumnus and a former teacher of the school. Dr. So has a PhD from The University of Hong Kong and an MBA from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
The school was founded by Tsui Yan Sau Peter on 16 December 1919 on the 3rd and 4th floors of 60 Hollywood Road, which houses the Kung-Lee sugar cane juice store (公利真料竹蔗水) and is listed as a Grade II Historic Building. On the first day of school there were only four students. In subsequent years, the school also used 54A Peel Street and 33 Mosque Junction as campuses. As the number of students rose, the school moved to a new campus at 2 Robinson Road (the present site of Bishop Lei Int'l House and Raimondi College) after Lunar New Year 1921. On 1 October 1922 the school was listed as a Grant-in-aid school. In 1924 a new branch, now known as Wah Yan College, Kowloon, was established. A hostel in Wah Yan opened in 1927. That same year the first Irish Jesuit Fr John Neary came to Wah Yan and taught religious studies.
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