Cheung Chau Government Secondary School, located in Cheung Chau, is a government Chinese secondary school in Hong Kong. The history of the school can be traced back to 1908, founded by the American overseas Chinese Wu Songyiu.
A primary school run by the government in Cheung Chau, it was later converted into a five-year grammar school in 1961 and renamed Cheung Chau Government Secondary School .
History
In the early days of the school's founding, the training hall at Daxin Street was used as the school building. It was not until 1928 that the red-brick school building was completed and opened at its current location. The opening ceremony was presided over by the then Secretary for Education, Woody Woods.
In 1961, the primary school section was closed, the secondary school entrance examination course was introduced, and the school was renamed Cheung Chau Government Secondary School.
Historical Conservation
The red-brick school building served as the Japanese military headquarters during World War II. It is now listed as a Grade II historic building and is one of the six existing pre-war government school buildings.