| Clementi Secondary School | |
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30 Fortress Hill Road North Point, Hong Kong | |
| Coordinates | 22°17′15″N 114°11′41″E / 22.2874°N 114.1947°E |
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| Type | Public (Chinese: 官立) |
| Motto | Letters, ethics, the devotion of soul, and truthfulness. |
| Established | 1 March 1926 |
| Principal | Mrs. Fung Lai Miu-yee |
| Number of students | Approx. 1,000 students |
| Medium of instruction | Chinese and English |
| Campus Size | 2.74 acre |
| School Magazine | The Voice (鐸聲) |
| Website | clementi.edu.hk |
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| Traditional Chinese | 金文泰中學 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 金文泰中学 | ||||||||||
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Clementi Secondary School (Chinese: 金文泰中學) is a secondary institution in Fortress Hill, North Point, Hong Kong. Founded by the 17th British Governor of Hong Kong Sir Cecil Clementi, the school was the first to use Chinese as the primary medium of instruction in Hong Kong.
The Governor of Hong Kong, Cecil Clementi, who had a profound interest in the Chinese language, decided to establish a school using Chinese as the main medium of instruction. In 1926, Government Vernacular Middle School (官立漢文中學) was founded. Government Vernacular Middle School is the first government school to use Chinese as the main medium of instruction. Li King Hong, the then-Chinese language inspector of schools, was appointed as the first principal of the school.
During World War II, the school suspended its operations under the Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong. After the war, the school was renamed Government Vernacular Senior Middle School (官立漢文高級中學). It was renamed again in 1951 to Clementi Middle School (金文泰中學) and in 1988 to Clementi Secondary School, after the governor.
The school has been relocated several times:
It has been at the current site of 30 Fortress Hill Road since September 23, 1961.
The school principal is currently Mrs. Fung Lai Miu-yee, who succeeded Ms. Li Sui-wah in 2013.
