This advertisement is for Chung Wah Middle School (中華中學), an institution founded in 1926 by the prominent journalist and revolutionary Wong Lang-kun (黃冷觀) (who is also the grandfather of Hong Kong's first Secretary for Justice, Elsie Leung). [1, 2, 3, 4]
Chung Wah Middle School – Enrollment for New Students
(Senior Secondary, Junior Secondary, Upper Primary, and Lower Primary Sections) Prospectus available upon request.
Term Commences: 9th February (corresponding to the 15th day of the 1st Lunar Month).
School Address: No. 85 Caine Road Telephone: 24235 Headmaster: Wong Lang-kun (黃冷觀) [1, 2]
Sponsors / Patrons (In order of signature): (This list contains many highly prominent historical figures from early 20th-century Hong Kong and China, including:)
Cai Yuanpei (蔡元培) – Renowned educator and Chancellor of Peking University.
Wu Tiecheng (吳鐵城) – Prominent Nationalist politician, later Mayor of Shanghai.
Ngan Shing-kwan (顏成坤) – Elite Hong Kong businessman and founder of China Motor Bus (CMB).
Kwok Chuen (郭泉) – Co-founder of the famous Wing On Department Store.
Li Kwan-Chun (李冠春) & Li Tsz-fang (李子芳) – Co-founders of the Bank of East Asia.
Chan Lim-pak (陳廉伯) – Major comprador of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) and Guangzhou merchant leader.
Tsui Yan-sau (徐仁壽) – Founder of Wah Yan College.
Feng Ziyou (馮自由) – Famous revolutionary, historian of the Chinese revolution, and member of the Tongmenghui.
Chu Yu-tsin (朱汝珍) – The last imperial scholar (Imperial Hanlin academician) who resided in Hong Kong.
(And dozens of other notable regional scholars, merchants, and community leaders like Cheng Che-yuen, Lam Kau-mow, Tse Ying-chou, etc.) [1, 2]
Historical Notes
The Date & Timeline: According to Chung Wah Middle School's historical archives, the school utilized No. 85 Caine Road as its campus around 1933–1934 before later moving to No. 20–22 Caine Road. [1, 2]
The Star-Studded Sponsor List: This ad is a remarkable piece of historical evidence. Headmaster Wong Lang-kun's deep ties to the Tongmenghui and the revolutionary elite are on full display here. Getting national figures like Cai Yuanpei and Wu Tiecheng alongside top-tier Hong Kong elites (the Kwok, Li, and Ngan families) to sign off as school sponsors shows how influential Chung Wah Middle School was in its early years. [1, 2, 4]
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Chung Wah Middle School – Enrollment for New Students
天光報, 1933-02-07 = The Tien Kwong Po
This advertisement is for Chung Wah Middle School (中華中學), an institution founded in 1926 by the prominent journalist and revolutionary Wong Lang-kun (黃冷觀) (who is also the grandfather of Hong Kong's first Secretary for Justice, Elsie Leung). [1, 2, 3, 4]
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中華中學收招新生
（高中、初中、高小、初小）
概況到取即奉
二月九日即正月十五日上課
校址：堅道八十五號
電話：二四二三五
校長：黃冷觀 [1, 2]
贊助人（以簽名先後為序）：
林裘謀、蔡元培、吳鐵城、謝瀛洲、謝紀文、鄭哲園、黃廷樞、馮公度、潘洪年、鄭雲五、牟建原、黎烈文、朱卓文
李右泉、周傳年、顏成坤、郭泉、陳廉伯、馮耀卿、李冠春、李子芳、譚新奎、張蘭泉、區天正、岑光樞、鄧佛照
羅大原、朱汝珍、李亦梅、陸自重、陸滿山、簡賡壁、敏次君、樊培基、李錦生、羅玉堂、招戴琴、張仲豪、陳祖伯
溫星棋、溫楚波、何雅選、賴季都、潘孔皆、曾瑞甫、俞振山、林鐵子、胡知廷、何妄錫、馮廉侯、呂家偉
馮自由、麥工俠、畢泗五、胡潤、黃小植、關楚璞、陳醒門、陳雲宏、徐仁壽、林伯寶、白偕甫、李植泉、簡浩錦、雷渭鏞、關渭鏞
籍代明、林習權、馬詩銘、林獨南、陳航生、黃潮寬、廖少游、徐子強、師幼祥、黃轂若、司徒瀚、馮健初
鄭潤甫、何熾垣、何俊凡、林鵷朝、鄧振成、黃紀南、譚和益、縉安庭、鄒協皆、劉亦通、布昌南 [1]
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Chung Wah Middle School – Enrollment for New Students
(Senior Secondary, Junior Secondary, Upper Primary, and Lower Primary Sections)
Prospectus available upon request.
Term Commences: 9th February (corresponding to the 15th day of the 1st Lunar Month).
School Address: No. 85 Caine Road
Telephone: 24235
Headmaster: Wong Lang-kun (黃冷觀) [1, 2]
Sponsors / Patrons (In order of signature):
(This list contains many highly prominent historical figures from early 20th-century Hong Kong and China, including:)
Historical Notes