Tung Chi College
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Tung Chi College was a private Chinese secondary school located at No. 15, Kennedy Road
Kennedy Road, Hong Kong
Kennedy Road is a road in the Mid-levels on the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Starting from Garden Road in the west, it goes past St. Joseph's College, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong Park and Hopewell Centre and ends at the junction with Queen's Road East near Morrison Hill in Wan Chai.At...

, in Wan Chai
Wan Chai
Wan Chai is a metropolitan area situated at the western part of the Wan Chai District on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. Its other boundaries are Canal Road to the east, Arsenal Street to the west and Bowen Road to the south. The area north of Gloucester Road is often called...

, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

. The building has been mostly demolished.

History

The school was established in February 1936. Before being located at Kennedy Road, the school had been located at Hennessy Road
Hennessy Road
Hennessy Road is a thoroughfare on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It connects Yee Wo Street on the east in Causeway Bay, and Queensway on the western end in Wan Chai.The road is named after John Pope Hennessy, the Governor of Hong Kong between 1877 and 1882....

 and later at Wan Chai Road
Wan Chai Road
Wan Chai Road is a main road on the north side of Hong Kong island, in Wan Chai.Wan Chai Road is a L-shape road which constructed in 1851 along Morrison Hill from the foot of Hospital Hill, Hong Kong to the beach at Observation Point .In the 1930 and 1940s, Hong Kong funeral services used to...

.

The college stopped admitting students in the 1970s. In the mid-1980s, the building was damaged by a fire.

The school was featured in several films, including the 1992 Hong Kong film Shogun and Little Kitchen (夥頭福星).

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