Promoting All-Round Education for Girls: A History of Heep Yunn School, Hong Kong
Synopsis:This book presents the history of Heep Yunn School. Amalgamated from two British mission schools founded in the 1880s for destitute girls and daughters of Christian parents, and renamed Heep Yunn School in 1936, the institution has witnessed and responded to the dramatic changes of Hong Kong over the years. By the time of the outbreak of the Second World War, Heep Yunn had expanded to offer a full Chinese middle school course for girls based upon Christian principles of all-round education.
ISBN:9789888528394
Language:English
Author:Patricia P. K. Chiu
Author Biography:Patricia P. K. Chiu is honorary assistant professor in the Department of History at the University of Hong Kong.
