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Cheung Chau Government Secondary School
長洲官立中學
Location
Map
5B School Road
Cheung Chau
Hong Kong
Coordinates22°12′23.74″N 114°1′48.99″E / 22.2065944°N 114.0302750°E / 22.2065944; 114.0302750
Information
School typeGovernment-operated, Secondary school
MottoThrough learning and temperance to virtue
Establishedc. July 1908; 117 years ago (July 1908)
School districtIslands District
SupervisorGloria Li Ho Suk-wa
PrincipalWONG Kwok-keung
Staff32
GradesSecondary 1 to 6
GenderCo-educational
Classes12
LanguageChinese
Area8,000 m2 (86,000 sq ft)
Websitewww.ccgss.edu.hk

Cheung Chau Government Secondary School (Chinese: 長洲官立中學) is a government-operated secondary school located on the outlying island of Cheung Chau, Hong Kong. The school was founded in 1908[1] by Chinese-American Ng Chung-hiu.[citation needed] It uses Chinese as the medium of instruction for all subjects except English language.[2]

Due to insufficient enrollment in the area, the school will stop admitting new Secondary 1 and Secondary 4 students starting from the 2026/27 school year. It is set to merge with Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Government Secondary School in Wan Chai, with a final closure scheduled for the end of the 2028/29 school year. This marks the end of secondary education on the island, following the closure of Buddhist Wai Yan Memorial College in 2022.[3][4]

History

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In the early days of the school's founding, the training hall at Tai San Street was used as the school building. It was not until 1928 that the red-brick school building was completed and opened at its current location. The opening ceremony was presided over by the then-Secretary for Education, Woody Woods.[5]

The school was originally a primary school, until 1961 when it was converted into a secondary school and renamed to its current name.[6]

Due to a declining student population and insufficient enrollment, the school is undergoing a phased closure and merger with Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Government Secondary School in Wan Chai. The plan, announced by the Education Bureau, will see the school stop admitting new Secondary 1 and Secondary 4 students starting from the 2026/27 school year. The campus is scheduled for total closure at the end of the 2028/29 school year. This marks the definitive end of secondary education provision on Cheung Chau island, following the previous closure of Buddhist Wai Yan Memorial College in 2022.[3][4]

Historical conservation

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During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in World War II, the red-brick school building served as the Japanese military headquarters. It has been listed as a Grade II historic building since 18 December 2009 and is one of six existing pre-war government school buildings in Hong Kong.[1][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b 陳國豪; 陳國豪, 黃柔柔 (2019). 線下導賞:屢見仍鮮的香港古蹟 (in Chinese). Hong Kong: 明窗出版社. p. 194. ISBN 9789888526284.
  2. ^ "School Information". Committee on Home-School Co-operation. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Pupils at century-old Hong Kong island school to be transferred under merger". South China Morning Post. 24 October 2025. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Hong Kong government urged to save island school facing axe from low numbers". South China Morning Post. 30 September 2025. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  5. ^ 廖書蘭 (2018). 被忽略的主角:新界鄉議局發展及其中華民族文化承傳 (in Chinese). Hong Kong: 商務印書館(香港)有限公司. p. 245. ISBN 9789620772726.
  6. ^ "School History" (PDF). Cheung Chau Government Secondary School. 18 May 2024. pp. 2, 11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 June 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  7. ^ "List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results (as of 7 March 2024)" (PDF). Antiquities Advisory Board. 7 March 2024. p. 20. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.