Wah Yan College, Hong Kong
private roman catholic school in Queen's Road East Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Wah Yan College, Hong Kong (WYHK) is a Catholic all-boys grant-in-aid secondary education institution run by the Society of Jesus in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. It was founded by Peter Tsui Yan Sau on 16 December 1919. It was a non-sectarian school when it was founded, and the Jesuits took over the operation of the school in 1932.
Subsidised by the Government of Hong Kong, WYCHK is a grammar school using English as the medium of instruction (except for Chinese Language and Chinese History). There are around 60 teachers and 800 students. It is a sister school of Wah Yan College, Kowloon.
The school has an enrolment of approximately 800 students with 60 teachers and a few Irish Jesuit fathers. The supervisor of the school is Rev. Fr. Clement Tsui, S.J., who is an alumnus of the school and a Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, and serves concurrently as Rector of Wan Yan College Chapel, located within the campus under the parish of St.
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