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Founded in 1851, St. Paul's College
is the oldest secondary school to commence operation in Hong Kong.
The college started as an Anglo-Chinese school with
only one tutor and nine students. Today, the college
consists of more than 1,200 students in the Secondary section and 600 students in the Primary section,
bearing little resemblance to its humble beginning.
We invite you to visit our on-line museum which displays
a concise history of St. Paul's College. |
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| 1841 |
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The Reverend Vincent Stanton, who was appointed
the first Colonial Chaplain in Hong Kong in 1843,
raised funds in England to start an Anglo-Chinese
school in Hong Kong. The Reverend Stanton is regarded as being the Founder and the
first Principal of St. Paul's College. |
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| 1849 |
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St. Paul's College opened for the
purpose of teaching English to Chinese boys. Situated
at Glenealy (Tit Kong), the school started with one
tutor, Mr. Moncrieff, and nine boys.
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| 1851 |
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St. Paul's College was officially
founded in this year. Bishop George Smith, the first Warden and the second Principal of the College, noted that
the number of students had swelled to 33. |
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| 1855 |
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Moncrieff, the school's only tutor, went to India
where he was killed in the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
The college was suspended for the next five years. |
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| 1867 |
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Bishop Charles Richard Alford became Warden and the third Principal of the College.
The year 1868 started with 30 Chinese and Eurasian boys.
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| 1873 |
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Bishop John Shaw Burdon, the Warden and fourth Principal, turned the building
into a school mainly for English speaking boys.
This school lasted for about six years.
During this time St. Paul's College and St. Joseph's
College competed in the earliest inter-school
football matches ever played in the colony.
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| 1878 |
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college again became an Anglo-Chinese school under the headmastership of Mr. John Fryer.
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| 1898 |
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| In 1898, Bishop Joseph Charles Hoare became
Warden and fifth Principal. However, the Anglo-Chinese section of the school was suspended
again and the building used as a training school for Chinese Catechists. The Reverend P. A.
Bunbury was in charge. In 1906, Bishop Hoare and four students were drowned in a typhoon whilst
returning from a trip to Castle Peak. |
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| 1907 |
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| Bishop Gerald Heath Lander became
Warden and sixth Principal.
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| 1909 |
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The Church Missionary Society took
over the school building and St. Paul's College
re-opened again with Reverend Arthur Dudley Stewart as the seventh Principal (headmaster).
The primitive facilities of the school
at this time was captured in this article about St. Paul's history:
"Some of us can remember the old south wing
- two enormous classrooms on the first floor and
one on the ground floor - the rest of the space
taken up with wide verandahs and staircases, the
whole constructed of ancient and somewhat worm-eaten
wood, which must have caused a headache to the
Insurance Company; the bad lighting and amazing
discomforts which would not be tolerated by modern
schoolboys."
(by Colonel E. G. Stewart) |
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| 1911 |
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The enrolment soared to 300 and extensions
became necessary. In this year, the Wu Ting Fang
Hall and St. Paul's Church were erected.
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| 1915 |
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St. Paul's Girls School was founded
by Reverend A. D. Stewart's sister, Kathleen Stewart.
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| 1930 |
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Headmaster Reverend A. D. Stewart retired
and his brother Colonel Evan George Stewart took charge as the eighth Principal of the College.
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| 1941 |
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December, the school closed abruptly when Japan
invaded Hong Kong in the Pacific War. Colonel E. G.
Stewart, together with some school staff and students,
risked their lives for the defense of the colony.
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| 1945 |
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the difficult times of reconstruction, St. Paul's
College was amalgamated with St. Paul's Girls' School
to form St. Paul's Co-educational College.
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| 1950 |
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With the hard work of Colonel E. G.
Stewart, the original college staff and students,
St. Paul's College re-opened by taking
over the old St. John's Hall premises at Bonham
Road. |
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| 1959 |
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The Reverend Geoffrey L. Speak was appointed as the ninth Principal. The College
was expanded from a school of about 600 students to a campus housing in excess of
1000 students. This was a time of major rebuilding on the Bonham Road site.
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| 1963 |
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The Students' Association was officially
established.
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| 1968 |
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Mr. Ha Wing Ho, Timothy was appointed as the tenth
Principal of St. Paul's College. |
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| 1969 |
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The current school buildings including the Hall,
the Chapel, the new block of 36 secondary classrooms, the covered
playground, the staff rooms, the Library and the Primary School building were
completed |
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| 1979 |
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An outdoor swimming
pool, named St. Paul's College Alumni Association
Tse Yu Chuen Swimming Pool, was opened. Its
construction was made possible by funds from
parents, old boys and, most importantly, the Alumni
Association. |
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| 1981 |
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The school spent $1,200,000 to improve
the teaching and learning environment by installing
double-glazed windows and air-conditioners in all
classrooms. |
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| 1992 |
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Paul's College was the first aided school to opt
for the Direct Subsidy Scheme. However, the scheme
was eventually suspended when the government policy
changed. Under DSS, the school would have been given
maximum freedom with regard to curriculum, school
fees and entrance requirements.
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| 1993 |
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St. Paul's College Primary School
was relocated to a site at Hill Road which formerly
housed a secondary school. The vacant block at Bonham
Road was transformed into a series of special purpose
rooms including an art room, a music room,a staff
room, a teaching resource room, a computer room
and a teachers' common room.
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| 2001 |
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150th Anniversary: a year of activity
and celebration. There was an exhibition day, a
carnival and a concert. The reunion dinner was also
a great success with teachers, alumni and friends
of the College gathering together from many different
parts of the world. Over 1500 people attended the
dinner.
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Funding for the new Multi-Media Learning Centre was provided
by the Quality in Education Fund.
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| 2002
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180 students were enrolled in Form 1 classes
as the first students of the new DSS scheme.
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| 2003
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| 2006
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| 2007
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Twin-School relationship established with the High School Affiliated to Shanghai
Jiao Tong University |
| | Artist-in-Residence Programme launched. Inaugural resident: Dr. Stephen Ng (alumnus), tenor, Stetson University, Florida. |
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| 2008
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Community Service Programme launched, Harbin, China. |
 | | Wong Ming Him Hall renovation |
| | St. Paul's College Foundation Limited established |
| | The Stewart Dinner, celebrating the life and work of late Col. E.G. Stewart, Principal 1930-1958. |
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| 2009
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Teacher-Visits Programme launched with inaugural visit to St. Markˇ¦s School of Texas. |
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