Queen Elizabeth School, Hong Kong


Queen Elizabeth School, or QES and QE for short, is a secondary school in Hong Kong. The school was the first English as a Medium of Instruction co-educational secondary school founded by the Government of Hong Kong. It is located on a mound at the boundary of Sai Yee Street and Prince Edward Road West in Mong Kok, Kowloon.
The school was conceived in 1953 when Queen Elizabeth II was crowned. Later it was run in September 1954 but operated as an after school on the premises of King's College, until October 1955 when it moved to the present location in Mong Kok.The QES school camp in Tsam Chuk Wan, Sai Kung, New Territories was opened in 1962. With the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong to China in 1997, the original school badge with a crown was changed to a new one with the logo of the Education Department. Later, the Education Department was replaced by the Education and Manpower Bureau, and the school badge was changed again.
The school's new annex was opened in September 2004.

School camp

Founded a campsite in Tsam Chuk Wan, Sai Kung District, the New Territories in 1962, Queen Elizabeth School is the only school in Hong Kong which owns a school camp.

Camp Warden Association

The Camp Warden Association is responsible for organizing camping activities for students and to manage the condition of the campsite.
  • Training Course : A year-long program offered every year to S.3 students who wish to join CWA.
  • Wardens in Training : Students in TC are called Wits.
  • Wardens: Students who passed the course and are recognized as qualified member of CWA.
CWA is composed of three major boards.
  • Administration Board: Responsible for promotion and external communication with alumni and school officials.
  • Instruction Board: Responsible for preparing training materials for Wits.
  • Maintenance Board: Responsible for maintaining facilities in campsite.

Publications

  • School magazines: published per year since 1954 when the school was founded. Issue 63 will be issued this year.
  • 《未學集》: edited and issued by Chinese & Chinese History Society of the school per two years, formerly 《新苗集》. The last version is 《未學集五編》.
  • Magazine for School Camp Golden Jubilee "From the Few to Many Camp 50 & Beyond"
  • Other special magazines

Achievements

  • As of 2023, QES counts 5 winners of the prestigious Hong Kong Outstanding Students Awards, ranking 17th among all secondary schools in Hong Kong.
  • Alumnus Dr Law Ka-Ho holds the highest record of 10 distinctions in School Certificate Examination, and 7 distinctions in the Matriculation Examination. Sing Tao Daily highlighted him as the Summa Cum Laude. See the documented references in Section 13 on the Chinese Wikipedia page, and link to the Sing Tao news article.

Principals

  • Cheong Wai-fung
  • Arthur Hinton
  • T. McC. Chamberlain
  • H.N. McNeil
  • Tan Peng-kian
  • Su Chung-jen
  • Chan Ping-tat
  • Yeung Chi-hung
  • Sin Chow Dick-yee
  • Yeung Chi-hung
  • Pang Cheung Yee-fan
  • Tong Kwok-keung
  • Chan Ka-wai
  • Yuen Kwong-yip
  • Eric Chan Cheung-wai

Notable alumni

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