Pui Ching Middle School

History

The Hong Kong branch was established in 1933 in Ho Man Tin. Initially, only primary school education was offered; a junior high school division using Chinese as medium of instruction was established in 1938, a senior high division was established in 1940. The school was suspended during Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World War II. Students and staff went to Macau and mainland China. In 1945, the school moved back to a temporary site in Kowloon Tong and in 1946, the school moved back to Ho Man Tin. In 1950, the school was renamed from a Hong Kong branch of the Canton school to the present name. In 1952, a new extension on the land donated by Hong Kong Government was built and completed in September 1953. The premises are located at 20 Pui Ching Road which was named after the school.

Motto and Colours

The school motto, "Utmost Goodness and Righteousness" (至善至正), was adopted in 1916. It is derived from passages in the Old Testament: Deuteronomy 12:28 ("you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.";「行耶和華你神眼中看為善為正的事」) and Psalm 25:8 ("Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways";「耶和華是良善正直的」).

The school colours, red and blue, were introduced in 1917 when the school flag was first designed. According to the school, red symbolises passion and enthusiasm, while blue represents calmness and thoughtful planning.

Today

Pui Ching Middle School uses Chinese as its primary medium of instruction, with English used in certain subjects. It is an aided co-educational secondary school, offering classes from Form 1 to Form 6. The school operates 36 classes with a total enrolment of more than 1,100 students.

Notable alumni

Daniel Chee Tsui, 崔琦, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics, 1998.

Shing-Tung Yau, 丘成桐, mathematician, awarded the Fields Medal in 1982. Calabi–Yau manifold was named after him. Awarded Wolf Prize in Mathematics in 2010.

Alfred Y. Cho, 卓以和, father of molecular beam epitaxy and quantum cascade lasers. former Vice President of Semiconductor Research at Bell Labs, Awarded US National Medal of Science in 1993 and US National Medal of Technology in 2007. Inducted into the US National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2009.

Yum-Tong Siu, 蕭蔭堂, mathematician, William Elwood Byerly Professor of Mathematics, Harvard University

Shiu-Yuen Cheng, 鄭紹遠, former Dean of Science of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, now Chair Professor of Mathematics at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Sun Kwok, 郭新, founder of Interactive Wind Model in Planetary Nebula, Dean of Science of University of Hong Kong

Chia-Wei Woo, 吳家瑋, founding President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

King-Fai Chung, 鍾景輝, first dean, the Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts. BBS

Paul Tsai-Pao Wong, 王载宝, founding director of Graduate Program in Counselling Psychology at Trinity Western University and president of the International Network on Personal Meaning

Daniel Tse Chi-wai, 謝志偉, former President of Hong Kong Baptist University

Ng Ching-fai, 吳清渾, former President of Hong Kong Baptist University