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St. Paul's College

• Location & Contact Information
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    • 69 Bonham Road, Central District, Hong Kong, China
  • Telephone Numbers:
    • 2546-2241
    • 2559-7075 (fax)
  • Official Website:[2]
  • Email: mail@spc.edu.hk
• History & Memorable Moments

St. Paul's College receives special attention from historians as the world's first Anglo-Chinese school. Its founder, the Revd Vincent John Stanton, is also the first Colonial Chaplain of the former Colony of Hong Kong. The Chinese characters in the school motto (寅畏上主是為智之本) are from Proverbs 9:10. They are usually translated in English as "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom" (KJV) ("Timor Domini Principium Sapientiae" in Latin and can be found in graduation certificates of earlier days). The fact that the motto is in Chinese is significant. While it was more the fashion at that time to use Latin for such a purpose, the far-sighted founders of the school saw St. Paul’s College as a hub to foster bilinguals and to bring together the cultures of the East and the West. After the Japanese Occupation the school was briefly merged with St. Paul's Girl's College, and renamed St. Paul's Co-educational College. The school resumed its individual status in 1949 and went on to be known as St. Paul's College once again when its campus on Bonham Road was completed, while St. Paul's Co-educational College remained, as its name implies, co-educational.

During the 1967 riots, F. 5 pupil Tsang Tak-sing was expelled from the school and prosecuted for distributing "inflammatory" anti-colonial leaflets. Tsang was sentenced to two years in prison as a result. He later went on to become a deputy to the Chinese National People's Congress, a member of the Central Policy Unit and, on July 1st 2007,the Secretary for Home Affairs in the Hong Kong Government. Today, St. Paul's College continues its excellent achievements both academically and in extracurricular activities. Students excel in public examinations. Students bring home trophies won in international as well as local music and sports competitions. The school's old boys contribute in the government and as well as in the academic, professional and business areas. The year 2001 marked the 150th Anniversary of the school, and in the same year the school decided to join the Direct Subsidy Scheme, under which the school is given more freedom in the enrolment of students and the design of the curriculum.

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