Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Mrs. Wu York Yu Memorial College (Chinese

Chinese language

The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...

: 東華三院伍若瑜夫人紀念中學) is a co-educational secondary school

Secondary school

Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...

 established by the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals

The Tung Wah Group of Hospitals , with a long history from 1870, is the oldest and the largest charitable organisation in Hong Kong. Their education Services and Community Services to the community with a total of 194 service centres spreading over the territory of Hong Kong.Although it appears a...

 in 1977. It is located in Shek Yam in the New Territories

New Territories

New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory. Historically, it is the region described in The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory...

 of 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 incumbent school principal is Lee Yin Mei, while Lui Lei Cheung is the school supervisor.

History

The College was founded in 1977 as the sixth Tung Wah Group secondary school established with donations from Wu Yee-sun

Wu Yee-sun

Dr. Wu Yee-sun was a Hong Kong entrepreneur and billionaire who founded the Wing Lung Bank. His father, Wu York-Yu , and grandfather, Wu Yee-Hong , were both enthusiastic practitioners of the "grow and clip" method of training penjing, which came to be known as the "Lingnan School".Dr...

.

Chinese

Chinese language

The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...

 was the primary language of instruction until 2009, when it changed to English.

Alumni

• Joanna Tse Yuen Man — a doctor at Tuen Mun Hospital, died of SARS in 2003
• Chan Man-yee — an outstanding female athlete in Hong Kong