Pui Ching Middle School (Hong Kong)

Pui Ching Middle School is a Baptist secondary school in Ho Man Tin, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Founded in 1889, it currently has sister schools in Macau and Guangzhou.

History

The Hong Kong branch was established in 1933 in Ho Man Tin. Initially, only primary school education was offered; a junior high school division using as medium of instruction was established in 1938, a senior high division was established in 1940. The school was suspended during Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World War II. Students and staff went to Macau and mainland China. In 1945, the school move back to a temporary site in Kowloon Tong and in 1946, the school move back to Ho Man Tin. In 1950, the school was renamed from a Hong Kong branch of the Canton school to the present name. In 1952, a new extension on the land donated by was built and complete in September, 1953. The premises is located at Pui Ching Road which was named after the school.

Notable alumni

* , 崔琦, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics, 1998.
* Shing-Tung Yau, 丘成桐, mathematician, awarded the Fields Medal in 1982. Calabi-Yau manifold was named after him.
* Alfred Y. Cho, 卓以和, father of molecular beam epitaxy.
* Yum-Tong Siu, 蕭蔭堂, mathematician, William Elwood Byerly Professor of Mathematics, Harvard University.
* Shiu-Yuen Cheng, 鄭紹遠, Dean of Science of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
* Sun Kwok, 郭新, founder of Interactive Wind Model in Planetary Nebula, Dean of Science of University of Hong Kong
* Chia-Wei Woo, 吳家瑋, founding President of the The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
* Daniel Tse Chi Wai, 謝志偉, former president of Hong Kong Baptist University
* Ng Ching-fai, 吳清渾, president of Hong Kong Baptist University
* Wong Jing, 王晶
* Gigi Lai, 黎姿
* Samuel Chan, 陳鍵鋒
* Cindy Au, 歐倩怡
* Wong Yuk Long, 黃玉郎
* Wu Wai Hong 胡謂康