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Coordinates: 22°19′24″N 114°10′27″E 22.323351, 114.1742188

Diocesan Boys School

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    • 131, Argyle Street,, Hong Kong, Kowloon City, HK
  • Telephone Numbers:
    • 27115191, 27115192
    • 27611026 (fax)
  • Official Website: [1]
• History & Memorable Moments

In 1860, Lady L. Smith, the wife of the first Bishop of Victoria and the Society for the Promotion of Female Education in the Far East(FES) established a girls' school affiliated with the Diocese of the Anglican denomination in Hong Kong. It was given the name "Diocesan Native Female Training School" (DNFTS), and Lady Robinson, the wife of the Governor, became the patroness. According to the constitution, it aimed "to introduce the blessing of religious teaching among …native females". The Committee started the school on Bonham Road, with a small concrete house on a paddy field. It accommodated teaching, boarding and all the activities. The school became mired in controversy and got into financial trouble. According to Dr. E. J. Eitel’s letter to the Colonial Secretary Frederick Stewart, it was forced to close temporarily in 1865 upon learning that almost every one of the girls learned English in that school, and became the kept mistress of foreigners on leaving school. The school was soon reopened and renamed "Diocesan Female School" (DFS), but its financial situation was by no means improved. In addition, most Chinese people did not wish their daughters to have education in Western style. In 1868, the second Bishop of Victoria, Bishop R. Alford, took the school under his immediate superintendence. This marks the end of the First Foundation. ^[1]

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