St. Stephen's Girls' College

Secondary school in Hong Kong

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St. Stephen's Girls' College
Traditional Chinese聖士提反女子中學
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShèng Shìtífǎn Nǚzǐ Zhōngxué
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSing sih tàih fáan néuih jí jūng hohk
JyutpingSing3 si6 tai4 faan2 neoi5 zi2 zung1 hok6

St Stephen's Girls' College (SSGC) (Chinese: 聖士提反女子中學) is a grant school in Hong Kong under the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui (Anglican Church). Established in 1906, SSGC is a top girls' school and among the oldest schools in Hong Kong. It is managed by the St. Stephen's Girls' College School Council.

History

The school first opened in 1906. The first principal was Miss Carden.[1] Originally on Caine Road, the school moved to its current location at Lyttelton Road, Mid-Levels, in 1923.[1] It has a history of voluntary social service and involvement in charitable work going back to 1920.[2]

In 2001, the school was one of a group of "traditional élite schools" criticised by the then Secretary of Education and Manpower Fanny Law for what she saw as reliance on rote teaching.[3] Staff from the school defended it.[3]

School buildings

The Main Building of St. Stephen's Girls' College has been listed as a declared monuments of Hong Kong since 1992.[4][5]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b Patricia P. K. Chiu (2 June 2020). Promoting All-Round Education for Girls: A History of Heep Yunn School, Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 25–. ISBN 978-988-8528-39-4. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. ^ Kim Christiaens; Idesbald Goddeeris; Pieter Verstraete (15 November 2020). Missionary Education: Historical Approaches and Global Perspectives. Leuven University Press. pp. 283–. ISBN 978-94-6270-230-1. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b Deborah A. Brown; Tun-jen Cheng (15 November 2005). Religious Organizations and Democratization: Case Studies from Contemporary Asia. M.E. Sharpe. pp. 218–. ISBN 978-0-7656-3899-1. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Annex I Listing of Declared Monuments". Environmental Protection Department. Government of Hong Kong. 1 January 1999. Archived from the original on 28 October 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  5. ^ Antiquities and Monuments Office. Declared Monuments in Hong Kong - Hong Kong Island. Main Building of St. Stephen's Girls' College, Lyttelton Road, Mid-Levels

Further reading

  • Change and Continuity: a history of St. Stephen's Girls' College, Hong Kong, 1906-1996, by Kathleen E Barker (Chinese University Press, 1996)

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