True Light Girls' College

True Light Girls' College 真光女書院
Address
54A Waterloo Road, Yau Ma Tei Kowloon Hong Kong
Coordinates	22.3138°N 114.1728°E / 22.3138; 114.1728
Information
Type	Aided
Motto	Thou art the Light of the World
Denomination	Christian (Church of Christ)
Established	1973; 52 years ago (1973)
Principal	Dr. Mui Lai Yuk
Teaching staff	46
Grades	Secondary 1–6
Gender	Girls
Website	www.tlgc.edu.hk

True Light Girls' College
Traditional Chinese	真光女書院
Simplified Chinese	真光女书院
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhēnguāng Nǚ Shū​yuàn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping zan1 gwong1 neoi5 syu1 jyun6*2

True Light Girls' College (TLGC, Cantonese: 真光女書院) is a Christian girls' secondary school in Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1973, to commemorate the centenary of the first True Light Middle School, which was founded in 1872 in Canton by the American missionary, Harriet Newell Noyes.[1] It is run by the Kowloon True Light Middle School Management Board with the assistance of the Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China. The school is an aided EMI secondary school.

Facilities

Since it was built according to the standards of 30 years ago, much effort has been made to improve the basic facilities of the school premises to meet the needs of the a changing society. A new annex was completed in Autumn 2005,[2] providing four more classrooms and some special rooms in addition to the 20 classroom in the main building. There are a total of 24 classrooms, 16 special rooms, a hall, a covered playground, a canteen, a library, a student activity room, a gymnastics room, a badminton court and two basketball courts. Student TV and a School History Gallery were established in 2013 to celebrate the school's 40th Anniversary. Later on, an E-learning Centre was built in 2014 to facilitate students' learning with the convenient use of gadgets and easy access to the Wi-Fi network.[3]

School Motto

Thou art the light of the world (Matthew 5:14)

Teaching Staff

There are in total 48 teaching staff in approved establishment with 6 staff who are not included in approved establishment. 100% teaching staffs have Teacher Certificate / Diploma in Education. 48% teaching staffs have Bachelor Degree while 50% have Master / Doctorate Degree or above. 33% teaching staffs have Special Education Training.

School uniform

The school uses a cheongsam as the student uniform, and was the first Hong Kong secondary school to adopt the garment as such.[4]

Class structure

There are 24 classes under the New Senior Secondary (NSS) [5] curriculum: 4 classes at each level from S1 to S6.[2]

Notable alumnae

• G.E.M., Hong Kong pop singer (graduated 2008)

See also

• Kowloon True Light School
• True Light Middle School of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong True Light College
• Education in Hong Kong
• List of secondary schools in Hong Kong

References

1. Story of Harriet Newell Noyes, American Presbyterian missionary and educator in China Archived 12 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity
2. Official website: School Information
3. Official website: School Campus and Facilities
4. "Wearing a bit of history". South China Morning Post. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
5. HKEDB: New Academic Structure Web Bulletin

External links

• Official website