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Hotung Secondary School (何東中學) is a whole-day government secondary school founded on a donation from Sir Robert Hotung (何東爵士) in 1953<ref name="schoolProfiles" />. It was located in Causeway Bay. The school was originally named Ho Tung Technical School For Girls (何東女子職業學校). In 1970, the Chinese title of the school was renamed 何東官立工業女中學. In September 1998, it was renamed Hotung Secondary School (何東中學).
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[[File:Hotung 1.png|thumb| The opening of the Ho Tung Girls' School in 1953]]
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[[File:SCMP19561201.jpg|thumb|South China Morning Post, 1 December 1956. Reproduced with permission from SCMP.]]
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Ho Tung Technical School For Girls (何東女子職業學校) was a government school founded on a donation from Sir Robert Hotung (何東爵士) in 1953<ref name="schoolProfiles" />. It was located in Causeway Bay. In 1970, the Chinese title of the school was changed to 何東官立工業女中學. In September 1998, it was renamed Ho Tung Secondary School (何東中學).
  
In the early days of establishment, the school only offered arts, business and vocational subjects. Later, the school also taught a science curriculum to meet the needs of students and to increase students' employability.<ref name="hotungssHistory" />
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In the early days of establishment, the School provided a three-year secondary course which included specially selected vocational subjects such as dress-making, cookery, laundry-work, house-craft and commercial practice for girls. Later, the school also taught science subjects such as physics, chemistry, biology and computer studies to meet the needs of students and to increase students' employability. <ref name="hotungssHistory" />
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
* Please click this link to view RTHK’s TV Programme “School Days”: [http://www.etvonline.hk/tc/digitalplay.html?video=scd97-0009 千色教室(1997)第9集 即職復織職] (Copyright owned by RTHK)
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* Please click this link to view RTHK’s TV Programme “School Days”: [http://app1.rthk.org.hk/php/tvarchivecatalog/episode.php?progid=20&tvcat=4 千色教室(1997)第9集 即職復織職] (Copyright owned by RTHK)
  
 
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<ref name="schoolProfiles">Hotung Secondary School. (2016). School Profile 2016-2017 Hotung Secondary School . Retrieved September, 2017, from http://web.hotungss.edu.hk/HP/docs/information/intro160E.pdf </ref>
 
<ref name="schoolProfiles">Hotung Secondary School. (2016). School Profile 2016-2017 Hotung Secondary School . Retrieved September, 2017, from http://web.hotungss.edu.hk/HP/docs/information/intro160E.pdf </ref>
<ref name="hotungssHistory">何東中學. (n.d.). 何東中學 學校歷史簡介. Retrieved September, 2017, from http://www.hotungss.edu.hk/hotungss/information/history.htm </ref>
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<ref name="hotungssHistory">何東中學. (n.d.). 何東中學 學校歷史簡介 , from https://hotungss.edu.hk/school-profile/history/ </ref>
 
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The opening of the Ho Tung Girls' School in 1953
South China Morning Post, 1 December 1956. Reproduced with permission from SCMP.

Ho Tung Technical School For Girls (何東女子職業學校) was a government school founded on a donation from Sir Robert Hotung (何東爵士) in 1953[1]. It was located in Causeway Bay. In 1970, the Chinese title of the school was changed to 何東官立工業女中學. In September 1998, it was renamed Ho Tung Secondary School (何東中學).

In the early days of establishment, the School provided a three-year secondary course which included specially selected vocational subjects such as dress-making, cookery, laundry-work, house-craft and commercial practice for girls. Later, the school also taught science subjects such as physics, chemistry, biology and computer studies to meet the needs of students and to increase students' employability. [2]

See also

External links

References

  1. Hotung Secondary School. (2016). School Profile 2016-2017 Hotung Secondary School . Retrieved September, 2017, from http://web.hotungss.edu.hk/HP/docs/information/intro160E.pdf
  2. 何東中學. (n.d.). 何東中學 學校歷史簡介 , from https://hotungss.edu.hk/school-profile/history/


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