No_3_September_and_October__1953 — Page 29

TANG KING PO TRADE SCHOOL

ARCHITECTS: K. C. CHIU & CO.

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Photograph of the building from Mission Rond.

On the afternoon of 22nd July 1953. There is a constant need for more His Excellency the Governor, Sir technical and trade schools in the Alexander Grantham, opened a new Colony. This new school fills a long- school situated in Mission Road, felt want in Kowloon where it is the Kowloon. The school was made pos-

first of its kind. It fulfils the aim of the Salesian Society to combine sible by the gift of one million dollars craftsmanship and scholarship in its from Mr. Tang King-po, 74 year old educational work, since accommoda- philanthropist, and it is run by the tion is also provided for a private

Salesian Fathers.

For the last 25 years the Salesian Fathers have been educating boys in Hong Kong. With aid from Govern- ment and the public, they have been able to manage the Aberdeen Trade School, to run the Shaukiwan Sale- sian School, and to make the St. Louis Industrial School the great institu- tion it is today. In these three schools over three thousand boys are being educated.

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2. Carpentry Shop

primary school for boys. Craft train- ing includes shoe-making, tailoring, carpentry and printing, with possibly a course in motor-car repairing later on.

Filled to capacity the school has room for 200 apprentices in the work- shops. 500 students in the English school and 500 in the Chinese school.

Government provided the site, financed the site formation work and promised an interest-free loan

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3. Machine Shop 4. Shoe Making Shop

5. Tailoring Shop

6. Offices

7. Waiting Room

8. Entrance Hall

9. Medical Room

10. Exhibition Room 11. Assembly Hall 12. Printing Room 13. Typesetting Room 14. Book-binding Room 15. Paper Room

16. Covered Playground 17. Dining Hall (Pupils) 18. Kitchen

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cover the cost of the future construc- tion of the wing building.

The site, K.I.L. 6278, is irregular in shape and covers an area of about 176,000 square feet; it is situated at the corner of Mission Road and Tin Kwong Road in the Ma Tau Chung district of Kowloon, near to the King George V School. There is a gentle slope upward from Mission Road to- ward the back of the site, which is secluded and enjoys the advantages of peace and quiet during school hours.

The area in front of the school building comprises two large play- grounds, together covering some 60,000 square feet, divided by an ap- proach drive from Mission Road. At the back is a third playground over 11,000 square feet in area.

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