The College is a co-educational school, accepting both boys and girls. The majority of students are residents on the island though there are many students from other parts of Hong Kong. Established by the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, a registered charity, in 1984, the school is dependent upon government funding.[3]Instruction is given in English, Cantonese (oral) and Chinese (written).
History
In the early 1980s, as part of the major new town development in the area, the Ha Chung Mei village area close to Tsing Yi Lagoon was reclaimed by the government.[4] As part of a government drive to build more classrooms, the college was established in 1984[5] by the charity organisation Tung Wah Group of Hospitals. It was the third secondary school to be built on Tsing Yi Island and the 13th secondary school of the charity. S. C. Gaw[[]] [zh-tw] (吳祥川) was the father of a former Tung Wah director, Anthony T. Gaw (吳仲燦).
Due to construction delays, it commenced classes in 1984 in 12 borrowed classrooms at nearby Po Leung Kuk 1983 Board of Directors' College. The school moved into its new building in March 1984 and a formal opening ceremony was held in January 1986, the next year, presided over by senior government official Ng[clarify] Poon-wai (廖本懷).
In 2005, an extension of the school was completed.
The school motto, (Chinese: 勤儉忠信; Sidney Lau: Kan4Gim6Jung1Sun3, literally "diligence, frugality, loyalty, belief"), is inscribed on a lacquered board in its assembly hall. School houses are named for each of the components of the motto.[citation needed]
House and school colours
The school divides students and teaching staff into four houses. Houses are named after the school motto, namely, Diligence (勤), Frugality (儉), Loyalty (忠), and Belief (信).[5][7] Diligence is in red, Frugality orange, Loyalty yellow and Belief blue.
"Major events" (in Chinese). Tung Wah Group of Hospitals S. C. Gaw Memorial College. Archived from the original on 6 December 2007.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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