Heep Yunn School

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Coordinates: 22°19′16″N 114°11′8″E / 22.32111°N 114.18556°E / 22.32111; 114.18556

Heep Yunn School Chinese: 協恩中學
"In strength and grace we stand united, In faith and love we are committed." 協力藉恩, 信主愛群
Location
1 Farm Road, Kowloon Hong Kong
Information
Type	Grant School, secondary
Established	1936
Principal	Mrs. Clara Lau
Affiliation	Anglican (Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui)
Supervisor	Rev. Dr. H.C. Chan
Website	http://www.hys.edu.hk

Heep Yunn School (Chinese 協恩中學) is a girls' secondary school founded in 1936. It is situated in Ma Tau Wai, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Heep Yunn is notable for its students' high academic achievement.^{[citation needed]} The school participates actively in other areas such as music and sports with many successes, such as the Bauhinia Bowl, the overall sports championship among schools in Hong Kong.

Contents 1 See also 2 History 3 Academic Achievement 4 Major events 4.1 1851 4.2 1886 4.3 1936 4.4 1948 4.5 1963 4.6 1965 4.7 1966 4.8 1971 4.9 1972 4.10 1974 4.11 1978 4.12 1981 4.13 1983 4.14 1984 4.15 1985 4.16 1986 4.17 1991 4.18 1993 4.19 1994 4.20 1995 4.21 1996 4.22 1998 4.23 1999 4.24 2000 4.25 2001 4.26 2002 4.27 2004 4.28 2005 5 Achievement in speech, drama and music 6 School Song 7 School motto 8 Dominating inter-school girls' sports for two decades 9 Alumni 10 External links

[edit] See also

• Education in Hong Kong
• List of secondary schools in Hong Kong

[edit] History

The founding of Heep Yunn seems to be like a fairy tale. As most of "the Family" know, Heep Yunn was formed by the amalgamation of Fairlea and the Victoria Home, but how this came about was really miraculous. It was the providence of God preparing the way for His children, and as they sought His will in prayer, and were ready to act in obedience to that will, so its fulfillment was expressed in the founding of Heep Yunn School in Kowloon. Founded in 1886, Fairlea was a C.M.S. Vernacular Primary Boarding School aiming to give to children of Chinese Christian parents a sound Chinese education based on religious faith and four Chinese virtues for girls - how to speak, how to work, how to behave and how to dress. The school was temporarily situated on a rocky hillside just below University Path. A little lower down the hill, another CMS Girls' School, St. Stephen's Girls' College, was founded in 1906. This school, also, was in temporary quarters and faced with the problem of inadequacy owing to the site. As a recommendation to amalgamate the girls' schools which had been made previously, the Government offered site large enough to house both Fairlea and St. Stephen's Girls' College. Both schools, however, refused to surrender their names or merge their identities, so no compromise could be found. Meanwhile, a new era had opened for Fairlea. As the number of students increased, more accommodation was required and in 1929 a new east wing was added. It became clear that a good vernacular middle school was a crying need in the colony. Mrs. W. K. Cheung, the first Chinese headmistress of Fairlea, opened middle school classes. Thus, the ever-increasing problem of lack of classrooms was still prevailing. Owing to the expansion of Kowloon City at that time, the Victoria Home and Orphanage, another CMS institution located in the district, were faced with the problem of finding other premises. While everyone in Fairlea and the Victoria Home were puzzling over the lack of space, both the Bishop in Hong Kong and Beatrice Pope in England had the same idea, that Fairlea and the Victoria Home to be united to form a new school. This was undoubtedly the will of God. Mrs. Cheung stipulated - how rightly - that each institution renounced its name and lost its identity in the new school. It was not easy for either school, but believing as they did that it was the will of God, the sacrifice was made, and the lovely new name, chosen by Yee Ching herself, gave a clue to the power by which it was done: " Heep Yunn" -- "United Grace". On 23rd October, 1936, His Excellency Sir Andrew Caldecott, laid the foundation stone of Heep Yunn. Fairlea had just celebrated its Golden Jubilee and the Victoria Home was in its 50th year, and now the two were to be united in one new school, and His Excellency the Governor, Sir A. Caldecott said in his speech:- "The stone, which I have just laid, is not only a foundation for the future but a commemoration of the past and present. It commemorates, may I say, a marriage. Two lives of singular usefulness are to be welded into a broader life of even greater usefulness. This stone is, as it were, the matrimonial altar before which Mr. Fairlea and Miss Victoria Home stand to solemnise their union before God and man; their mutual sacrifice of individual tradition to the call for joint service is exemplified in the surrender by both of their unmarried names. They will henceforth be Mr. and Mrs. Heep Yunn, and they will start their wedded life with the joy and inspiration of each other's Golden Jubilee. God prosper them!". Heep Yunn was born. Blessed be her name.

– Vintage, 1996-97

[edit] Academic Achievement

Being one of the most academically competitive secondary schools in Hong Kong, HYS provides a rigorous curriculum to all of its students. Most students take at least 9 subjects for the HKCEE, and 5 for the HKALE. Over 99% of the students are admitted to either local or overseas universities upon graduation, including Hong Kong University, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.^{[citation needed]} Over the past few years, a number of prestisgious scholarships were awarded to students annually, such as the Sir Edward Youde Scholarship, the Wesleyan Freeman Asian Scholarship, United World College Scholarships and the University of Toronto Hong Kong Scholarships, gaining the students admission to many top-notch world universities, such as Princeton.^{[citation needed]} Heep Yunn girls scored more than 900 Distinctions and Credits at the HKCEE 2008; with ten students scoring 30 points and above.

[edit] Major events

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[edit] 1851

• May 18 - Birth of Ms Johnsione—the founder

[edit] 1886

• Church Missionary Society took over the school for Ms. Johnstone and named it Fairlea Girl's School

[edit] 1936

• Foundation stone laid

[edit] 1948

• Opening of gymnasium

[edit] 1963

• Arts and science classes in Form Six opened

[edit] 1965

• The enlargement of school ground completed

[edit] 1966

• Three graduates of Heep Yunn were admitted to the University of Hong Kong

[edit] 1971

• December - The Bishop officially opened the Junior Assembly Hall & the Library

[edit] 1972

• The closing of the dormitory

[edit] 1974

• First group of Upper Six students sitting for the Advanced Level Examination

[edit] 1978

• Mrs. M. Lai was appointed Headmistress of Heep Yunn School

[edit] 1981

• June - The swimming pool was opened

[edit] 1983

• Addition of 3 tennis courts and a volleyball court

[edit] 1984

• The garden near the Chapel & the running track beside the basket ball court were built
• The first Omega Rose Bowl was won

[edit] 1985

• The playground in the Primary section was built

[edit] 1986

• The Jubilee Building was opened.
• The 50th Anniversary was celebrated with a concert in the City Hall, Concert Hall and a two-day exhibition in the school

[edit] 1991

• The installation of the air-conditioning system was completed

[edit] 1993

• The top floor to the Jubilee Building was completed.
• The Geography Room was moved to new premises

[edit] 1994

• The library was enlarged to its double size
• The 10th Omega Rose Bowl was won

[edit] 1995

• We decided to celebrate our 60th Anniversary with a secondary-primary-kindergarten-combined concert at the Cultural Centre, Concert Hall in July,1996.A committee was set up to prepare the event.

[edit] 1996

• 60th anniversary of the school

[edit] 1998

• The library was computerised
• The official homepage of Heep Yunn School was established, and each student was given an account.

[edit] 1999

• $2.5million on IT-LAN system, 16 computers in library and 72 computers in special rooms were installed
• The Chapel was air-conditioned
• Won the 15th Omega Rose Bowl

[edit] 2000

• New curtain, lighting and sound system for hall were installed.

[edit] 2001

• 65th anniversary of the school

[edit] 2002

• Mrs. Lau was appointed to be Headmistress of Heep Yunn School
• The School Improvement Project began.

[edit] 2004

• Champion of inter-school girls' sports (Div. I) 21 years in-a-row

[edit] 2005

• Completion of the SIP building with the new Mrs. Winnie Man Sports Centre and Mrs. Ip Lo Hing Yuen Student Activity Centre
• Completion of Mrs. Minnie Lai Theatre (Jubillee Building)

[edit] Achievement in speech, drama and music

Over the past few years, Heep Yunn has emerged as one of the fiercest and top competitors in the Drama Festival, debating region and music arena respectively. The Heep Yunn legend is evident at every aspect of her achievement.^{[citation needed]}

In the year 2005-2006, Heep Yunn's Drama Group clinched 6 awards out of 7 in total, whereas the 7th award was for 'Best Actor'. They also received the adjudicator's award, qualifying them for the prestigious Drama Festival finals. As one of the four finalists, HYS's own baby production Love Left..Undone received wide acclaim from both the audience and adjudicators. It was praised as "one of the best dramas ever seen in a few years". The drama group has clinched the top award for three consecutive years.

HYS Chinese and English Debating teams have their equal share of glory. The Chinese Debating team has been crowned the Champions in nearly every prominent Debating and Public speaking competition, whereas the English Debating Team clinched the Championship in the Bar Association Debating Competition as well as the YODAC Inter-school Debating Competition 2006. HYS debaters brought home more than 40 best debater awards in the scholastic year 2008-2009. Together, the debating teams form an invincible arcship, united as one.

Heep Yunn students have been the champion of the HK Standard Chartered Public Speaking Competition for two years.

The Inter-class Chinese Debating Competition is held every year to cultivate interest for debating among students. Each year, preparation work by the Chinese Debating team was intense and of high-quality, planting the debating seeds in HYS.

Music is also one of the strongest areas of Heep Yunn girls.

The Heep Yunn School Senior Choir captured the "Best Girls Choir of the Year" in the 59th Hong Kong Schools Music Festival (2007), the most coveted award in choral music. In the 61st Hong Kong Song Music Festival, her junior choir also got the "Best Junoir Choir of the year" and the full orchestra was awarded the winner among some elite orchestras of the other schools. All of her other choirs and orchestras, among them a mixed choir with Diocesan Boys School, were awarded the top three awards.

Most of her students can play two instruments and are proficient at at least one of them. Many of her students have achieved grade eight standard and a considerable number of them have moved on to diploma level.

Colleen Lee, the renowned pianist, was a graduate of HYS (1997) and pays visits to her alma mater to share her music.

[edit] School Song

The melody of the school song is the same as the one of another unisex secondary school in Hong Kong, the Queen's College. However their counterpart uses English lyrics while at Heep Yunn Chinese style is applied.

School Song

香 島 之 九 龍 兮 ， 遐 邇 皆 聞 。 有 女 校 兮 ， 聲 譽 芳 芬 。 其 志 宏 且 高 兮 ， 其 名 協 恩 。 振 紀 綱 兮 ， 志 道 依 仁 。 據 德 復 遊 藝 兮 ， 求 學 心 殷 ， 為 世 光 兮 ， 為 席 上 珍 。 智 圓 而 行 方 兮 ， 純 潔 精 神 。 挽 世 風 兮 ， 懇 懇 勤 勤 。

協 恩 ， 協 恩 ， 協 恩 。 萬載 流 芳 兮 ， 我 協 恩 。 萬 載 流 芳 兮 ， 我 協 恩 。 協 恩 ， 協恩 。

春 風 喜 同 詠 兮 ， 切 磋 頻 頻 ， 練 體 魄 兮 ， 健 我 心 身 。 中 西 樂 研 究 兮 ， 學 識 日 新 。 宗 基 督 兮 ， 智 理 皆 真 。 作 文 化 津 梁 兮 ， 國 粹 長 存 。 倡 四 育 兮 ， 德 智 體 群 。 萬 壽 永 無 疆 兮 ， 我 校 協 恩 。 光 我 邦 兮 ， 輔 我 國 民 。

協 恩 ， 協 恩 ， 協 恩 。 萬載 流 芳 兮 ， 我 協 恩 。 萬 載 流 芳 兮 ， 我 協 恩 。 協 恩 ， 協恩 。

[edit] School motto

"In strength and grace we stand united,

In faith and love we are committed." 協力藉恩、信主愛群

[edit] Dominating inter-school girls' sports for two decades

There are altogether fourteen sports teams in HYS and all of them, indeed, have reached a very high standard.^{[citation needed]} They have brought home their 25th consecutive Bauhinia Bowl (formerly known as the Omega Rose Bowl) in the year 2008-2009. It is awarded annually to the school which achieves the "best all-round performance in all sports events".

The Bauhinia Bowl is the embodiment of the overwhelming Heep Yunn Spirit, which is demonstrated in every aspect of the Heep Yunn school life. Students take much pride in their school and their devotion in contributing to the glory and prestige of the school is unparalleled.^{[citation needed]}

Interschool competition results (2008-2009):

Team	Overall result
Athletics Team	2nd runner-up
Badminton Team	Champion
Basketball Team	Champion for the 16th year, Grand Slam
Beach Volleyball Team	Champion
Cross Country Team	1st runner-up
Fencing Team	Champion
Handball Team	Champion
Hockey Team	5th
Life Saving Team	Champion
Netball Team	1st runner-up
Softball Team	1st runner-up
Squash Team	Champion
Swimming Team	1st runner-up
Table Tennis Team	1st runner-up
Tennis Team	1st runner-up
Volleyball Team	Champion, Grand Slam

[edit] Alumni

• Mrs. Helen Yu Ku Siu-yin :(HKCEE in the 1970's)Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Registered educational psychologis
• Ms Carol Kwong Sau-chee :(graduated in the 1970's)Headmistress, Hong Kong SKH Bishop Hall Secondary School
• Ms Virginia Lok Yee-ling :(graduated in the 1970's)Deputy Controller, Production Resources Division, Television Broadcasts Limited
• Ms Susan Tsui :(HKCEE in the 1970's)Writer, Life Enhancement Counsellor
• Mrs Julianna Wai-ling Barnes :(matriculation in the 1970's)Judge of the High Court
• Dr Eugenie Leung :(matriculation in the 1970's)Director of Counselling
• Ms Kwan Sau-king :(pen name: Yu Fei) (Matriculation in the 1980's)Writer
• Ms Colleen Lee :(HKCEE in the 1990's)Sixth Prize at the 15th International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition, 2005
• Ms Yu Fa :(HKALE in the 1990's)Managing Director, Eton Park Asia Limited
• Ms Helen Chan Pik-ha :(graduated in the 1990's)Assistant News Editor, Sing Tao Daily
• Ms Joyce Ching Tak-kwan :(matriculation in the 1990's)Volunteer, Medecins Sans FrontieresDoctor; Our Lady Maryknoll Hospital
• Ms Yolanda Chan Ho-yan :(matriculation in 2000)Resident, Department of Surgery, Kwong Wah Hospital
• Ms Ms Priscilla Chiu : Assistant Director of the Office of the Hospital Authority Provident Fund Scheme

[edit] External links

• Official Website of Heep Yunn School,Kowloon,Hong Kong
• Alumni: Heep Yunn Old Girls' Association
• Heep Yunn School Video Clips