Helen Liang Memorial Secondary School (Shatin) (HLMSS, ) is a secondary school in Sha Tin, Hong Kong. The primary school division was founded in 1961, while the secondary school division was founded in 1977 and relocated to the current site of Sha Tin in 1988.

History

YC Liang was a businessman in British Hong Kong and Portuguese Macau. During World War II, he was an anti-Japanese intelligence agent in the British Army Aid Group (BAAG).英軍服務團與國共遊擊隊的關係研究 1942–45Gwulo: Old Hong Kong – Y. C. Liang After the war, he founded Yin Cheong Co., Ltd. with his wife, Helen Liang (whose Chinese name contains the word Yin),燕昌有限公司 and they had 5 sons and 2 daughters. Helen Liang died in 1960.Obituary and photo of Helen Liang, posted on Kung Sheung Evening News, 22 November 1960. Thus in 1961, YC Liang donated money to the Hong Kong Government to found Helen Liang Memorial Primary School to commemorate his deceased wife. The campus location was at Po Hing Fong, Sheung Wan (near the Blake Garden), and the school was opened by the then Financial Secretary Arthur Grenfell Clarke, who was the Godfather of Helen Liang.

Before the merger of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1963, the United College temporarily borrowed half of the Po Hing Fong building of Helen Liang Memorial Primary School as their campus from 1961 to 1962 (the then president was Dr. Ling Daoyang).中文大學 – 回首當年情岑才生聯合書院校史文物館小冊子 – 2006年3月我校聯合五十載

Helen Liang Memorial Secondary School was founded in 1977. The funding was donated by YC Liang again. It was also located in Po Hing Fong and named after Ms. Helen Liang, the deceased wife.

In 1988, the Hong Kong Government had granted land of 11,000 square meters in Tai Wai for Helen Liang Memorial Secondary School to build her new campus, and the school thus relocated from Sheung Wan to Sha Tin. The school has also been expanding over the years and has added a lot of facilities. The former site of 40 Po Hing Fong is now the King's College Old Boys' Association Primary School No. 2. It is also the exact location of the Po Hing Fong landslide in 1925.香港天文台 – 1925年的普慶坊災難

Feature Helen Liang Memorial Secondary School (Shatin) locates on a mound in Sha Tin, embraced by a verdant environment. Inside the school stands the outdoor theatre and curved flower path which is peculiar in Hong Kong.

Facilities There are currently 28 standard classrooms with independent air-conditioning systems (simply it is just 2 air-conditioners per classroom), and includes a science laboratory, several computer rooms, a multi-media learning center, and a literature center. There are also a hall (which is like an auditorium but in Hong Kong style), a library, an outdoor basketball court, an indoor playground with a small digital notice board, and an indoor cafeteria.

Notable alumni

Dennis To: Actor and martial art champion in Asia康樂及文化事務署

Nearby historical site

Beacon Hill Tunnel: The 100-year-old tunnel which is located at Hin Tin, Tai Wai. The tunnel was originally used as the monorail railway used by the British section of the Kowloon–Canton Railway. It was designed by architect Frederick Southey in 1906 and opened in 1910. After the electrification of the train in 1981,【蘋話當年】地圖上百年秘道？1981年九鐵停用煙墩山隧道 the tunnel was converted to a gas transmission pipeline. Sha Tin Water Treatment Work: Located at Hin Tin, Tai Wai and opened in 1964. It is the largest water filtration plant in Hong Kong.香港政府新聞公報 It was refurbished in 2015 due to aging facilities.水務署 – 沙田濾水廠原地重置工程(南廠)

See also List of secondary schools in Hong Kong Education in Hong Kong

References

External links

Helen Liang Memorial Secondary School (Shatin), Hong Kong Website