Ying Wa Primary School

Ying Wa traces its history back to the Anglo-Chinese College founded in Malacca by Rev. Robert Morrison of the London Missionary Society in 1818. The mission of the school was the reciprocal cultivation of English and Chinese literature and the diffusion of Christianity. In 1843 when Hong Kong became the Colony of Britain, Rev. James Legge brought the school to Hong Kong where it continued its educational, translation, and publishing activities. Ying Wa Primary School was first established at Bute Street, Mongkok, in 1928. Due to the increasing number of students and lack of space for development, the primary school was suspended in 1962 when Ying Wa College moved to Oxford Road in Kowloon Tong. In a site at Shamshuipo was granted for its re-development. In 2003, Ying Wa Primary School was revived, operating a through-train mode with Ying Wa College. Starting 2007, Ying Wa Primary School and Ying Wa College are linked as one school.