Tai Hang Tung Estate ( Chinese : 大坑東邨 ) is a public housing estate in Kowloon Tong , Sham Shui Po District , Kowloon , Hong Kong, located near the Tai Hang Sai and Nam Shan Estates as well as Shek Kip Mei station .
17-564: MFS may refer to: Education [ edit ] Maryknoll Fathers' School , a government-funded co-ed in Hong Kong SAR, P.R.C. Master of Forensic Sciences , a specialized professional degree Miletich Fighting Systems , a mixed martial arts training camp founded by Pat Miletich Moorestown Friends School , a private Quaker school located in Moorestown, New Jersey Moscow Finnish School ,
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68-445: A regression Miller Fisher syndrome , a rare nerve disease, a variant of Guillain–Barré syndrome Marfan syndrome , a genetic disorder affecting connective tissue Major Facilitator Superfamily , a family of related proteins involved in active transport of solutes across a membrane Modern Fiction Studies , an academic journal Other [ edit ] MFS (label) , a former German based trance label MFS 2000 Inc ,
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119-542: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Maryknoll Fathers%27 School Maryknoll Fathers' School is an aided (government funded) co-educational school in Tai Hang Tung , Kowloon , Hong Kong . The school was founded in 1957 by the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers . The school's medium of instruction is Cantonese for the primary section and English for
136-493: The 2016 by-census , Tai Hang Tung Estate had a population of 4,562. The median age was 51.2 and the majority of residents (96.8 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.3 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$ 19,250. Tai Hang Tung Estate is located in Nam Shan, Tai Hang Tung & Tai Hang Sai constituency of
153-570: The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) for their invention of an "anti-bump lock" that could counter bump keys . 22°20′03.07″N 114°10′22.94″E / 22.3341861°N 114.1730389°E / 22.3341861; 114.1730389 Tai Hang Tung Estate The Tai Hang Tung Estate was a resettlement estate built by the British Hong Kong government in 1955, after devastating fires broke out in
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187-538: The official opening and blessing of the school. Father Reilly and Mrs. Tong became, respectively, the first supervisor and the first principal of the school. Encouraged by initial successes and motivated by the need to provide education for the children in the district, the Maryknoll Fathers requested the Education Department for an expansion of the school by the acquisition of a site behind it. The request
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#1732851831863204-504: The poor in that area, including many refugees from the People's Republic of China . He set aside a study room and hired teachers to educate the children of the area. Father Reilly applied to the government for permission to build a subsidised school. In those days, the government began to focus on the provision of public services such as safe housing, medical care and education. The government granted permission not only for Father Reilly to build
221-587: The primary school he had hoped for, but also to build a subsidised secondary school, the first of its kind in Hong Kong. To find students and teachers for the school, Father Reilly sought the help of Tong Yu Sheung Woon, the headmistress of Yan Pak School. On 26 September 1957, the Right Reverend Bishop Lawrence Bianchi (the Bishop of Hong Kong) and Governor Sir Alexander Grantham presided over
238-591: The secondary section. In 1952, Father Peter A. Reilly, an American Catholic priest of the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers , came to Hong Kong as a missionary. He had been a missionary in Wuchow , Kwangsi for more than a decade, until he was forced to leave after the Chinese Communist Party came to power in 1949. When Father Reilly came to Hong Kong, he put up a small wooden hut in Kowloon Tsai , where he served
255-579: The squatter areas of Tai Hang Tung in 1952 and 1954, and Shek Kip Mei in 1953. The estate started redevelopment and rehabilitation in the 1970s. The first batch of redeveloped buildings were constructed in 1983 and 1986 respectively. The last four old blocks, Tung Fu House, Tung Wing House, Tung Wan House and Tung Wo House, were demolished in 2003. Two buildings in Redevelopment Phase 1, Tung Kin House and Tung Yi House, were built in 2002. According to
272-563: Was approved. On 17 February 1966, the Right Reverend Bishop Frederick Donaghy (the Bishop of Wuchow) blessed the New Wing, which provided space for a library, twelve new classrooms, improved science facilities, and a large hall. In 2008, the primary section moved to a new campus at 11 Hoi Lai Street, Sham Shui Po. From originally a half-day school (with A.M. and P.M. sections), it became a full-day school. Father Reilly
289-421: Was supervisor for the rest of his life. He died in 1994. He was succeeded by Father John Geitner from 1995 to 2011, who in turn was succeeded by Father Michael Sloboda from 2011 to 2017. In 2017, Agnes Garman Yeh became the supervisor. The current principal of the secondary school is Ho Lik Sang and the principal of the primary school is Ng Wai Man. In 2008, two students of the school were awarded second place in
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