Shau Kei Wan Government Secondary School
| Shau Kei Wan Government Secondary School (SGSS) | |
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| Address | |
| 42 Chai Wan Road, Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong |
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| Information | |
| Motto | VINCIT VERITAS |
| Established | 1964 |
| Principal | Mr. Lee Tak Fai |
| Enrollment | 1128 |
| Medium of language | English |
| Houses | Dragon, Lion, Phoenix, Unicorn |
| Website | http://www.sgss.edu.hk/ |
Shau Kei Wan Government Secondary School (SGSS, 筲箕灣官立中學) is a co-educational grammar school operated by the Hong Kong Government in Hong Kong. Located in Shau Kei Wan, the school was founded in 1961 and its medium of instruction is English.
Shau Kei Wan Government Secondary School was founded in 1961. As the school was still under construction, it operated in the shared premises of Clementi Middle School in Fortress Hill Road. It moved to its present premises at 42 Chai Wan Road, Shau Kei Wan in the autumn of 1964 and was officially opened on 19 November 1964. It was the first government secondary school opened on Hong Kong Island after the Second World War, and was the first government secondary school not named after a member of the British Royal Family or a philanthropist. And it's the only one Band One Co-Ed government secondary school in the island.
There are four houses, Dragon, Lion, Phoenix and Unicorn.
It's well equipped with laboratories for science subjects, Home Economics, Geography, Music and Woodwork classes. That Woodwork Workshop was renamed in 1976 as the Workshop for a new subject, Design and Technology, which was cancelled many years later as the secondary industry in H.K. became a part of the history.
There're a school hall, a library, gardens, badminton courts, a basketball court and a football field in the campus.
A repeated wrong answered question in Yahoo Answer is why it's called Shau Kei Wan Government Secondary School, but not Chai Wan Government Secondary School. The right answer is that, the boundary of the two areas is Tai Tam Road junctions of Chai Wan Road in tradition. Similarly, there is a part of Castle Peak Road, and Tai Po Road, in Shamshuipo, it's Shamshuipo indeed, not Castle Peak and Tai Po in that particular area.
Here again we gather together, under the banner of Shaukeiwan. Vow to ourselves, in the spirit of the Dolphins, to love TRUTH, to seek KNOWLEDGE and to brave danger, For the good of our fellow beings . Arts and Science we explore *Soprano Arts and Science we explore, we explore . * Alto Arts and Science we explore, Arts and Science explore, *Bass Honour and Conduct we treasure more, to one another we pledge to be loyal we pledge to be loyal, we pledge to be true, with fervour and friendship we enrich our soil . Houses four we all stand together, Dragon, Lion, Phoenix and Unicorn, To one family we all belong . When and Where, when and where SGSS appears, appears, we'll uphold its name loud and clear ! We'll uphold its name loud and clear . We'll uphold its name loud and clear !
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