This newspaper snippet is an enrollment advertisement for the Ling To Girls' Middle School (領島女子中學), led by the notable educator and philanthropist Principal Fung But-sau (馮聘逑)
領島女子中學招生
學級：初中、高小、初小、幼稚園（兼收十二歲以下男生）
編級：
國歷二月六日及九日
陰曆正月十日及十三日 上午十二點鐘舉行
開課：國歷二月十日 即陰曆正月十六日
校址：堅道九十一號（電話二七七〇六號）
校長 馮聘逑 謹啓
**Ling To Girls' Middle School – Student Recruitment**
* **Academic Levels**: Junior Secondary, Upper Primary, Lower Primary, and Kindergarten (co-educational for boys under the age of 12).
* **Placement Exams / Class Grading**:
* Scheduled for 6th and 9th February (Solar Calendar) / 10th and 13th days of the 1st Lunar Month, commencing at 12:00 PM.
* **Commencement of Classes**: 10th February (Solar Calendar), corresponding to the 16th day of the 1st Lunar Month.
**Respectfully presented by Principal Fung But-sau (馮聘逑)**
Historical Context & Genealogy Points of Interest
This pre-war advertisement reveals a key piece of Hong Kong's local educational history, tying directly into institutions that still exist today:
1. The Founder and Her Lasting Legacy The principal listed, Fung But-sau (馮聘逑), was a highly dedicated educator born in Nanhai, Guangdong, who graduated from Hamilton College in Canada. She established Ling To Girls' Middle School in 1932. Decades later, in 1956, due to declining health and strength, she decided to retire and close the school. However, demonstrating her lifelong devotion to education, she donated all of the school's facilities, assets, and remaining funds to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong to fund their expansion plans. In honor of her immense generosity, the Diocese renamed its newly established school in the Chuk Yuen resettlement area to Ling To Catholic Primary School (天主教領島學校), which later relocated to Ho Man Tin where it continues to operate today. [1, 2, 3]
2. The Patriotic & Wartime Association During the late 1930s, Ling To Girls' Middle School was deeply involved in anti-Japanese patriotic activities. Notable members of the student body, such as Man Shuk-wan (文淑筠) and Chiu Tsang-ling (巢湘鈴), went on to join the urban units of the historic East Jiang Guerrilla Detachment (東江縱隊港九大隊) or prominent wartime student relief organizations. [1, 2]
3. The Geography of Caine Road The ad lists the campus at No. 91 Caine Road. Over its lifespan, the school migrated between several Mid-Levels and Western properties, including addresses at No. 73 Caine Road and Third Street. Seeing No. 91 Caine Road on this specific advertisement adds another confirmed dot on the map tracking the pre-war spatial layout of private Chinese education along the Mid-Levels corridor. [1, 2]
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*Ling To Girls' Middle School – Student Recruitment**
This newspaper snippet is an enrollment advertisement for the Ling To Girls' Middle School (領島女子中學), led by the notable educator and philanthropist Principal Fung But-sau (馮聘逑)
領島女子中學招生
校長 馮聘逑 謹啓
**Ling To Girls' Middle School – Student Recruitment**
* **Academic Levels**: Junior Secondary, Upper Primary, Lower Primary, and Kindergarten (co-educational for boys under the age of 12).
* **Placement Exams / Class Grading**:
* Scheduled for 6th and 9th February (Solar Calendar) / 10th and 13th days of the 1st Lunar Month, commencing at 12:00 PM.
* **Commencement of Classes**: 10th February (Solar Calendar), corresponding to the 16th day of the 1st Lunar Month.
* **School Address**: No. 91 Caine Road (Telephone: 27706)
**Respectfully presented by Principal Fung But-sau (馮聘逑)**
Historical Context & Genealogy Points of Interest
This pre-war advertisement reveals a key piece of Hong Kong's local educational history, tying directly into institutions that still exist today:
1. The Founder and Her Lasting Legacy
The principal listed, Fung But-sau (馮聘逑), was a highly dedicated educator born in Nanhai, Guangdong, who graduated from Hamilton College in Canada. She established Ling To Girls' Middle School in 1932. Decades later, in 1956, due to declining health and strength, she decided to retire and close the school. However, demonstrating her lifelong devotion to education, she donated all of the school's facilities, assets, and remaining funds to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong to fund their expansion plans. In honor of her immense generosity, the Diocese renamed its newly established school in the Chuk Yuen resettlement area to Ling To Catholic Primary School (天主教領島學校), which later relocated to Ho Man Tin where it continues to operate today. [1, 2, 3]
2. The Patriotic & Wartime Association
During the late 1930s, Ling To Girls' Middle School was deeply involved in anti-Japanese patriotic activities. Notable members of the student body, such as Man Shuk-wan (文淑筠) and Chiu Tsang-ling (巢湘鈴), went on to join the urban units of the historic East Jiang Guerrilla Detachment (東江縱隊港九大隊) or prominent wartime student relief organizations. [1, 2]
3. The Geography of Caine Road
The ad lists the campus at No. 91 Caine Road. Over its lifespan, the school migrated between several Mid-Levels and Western properties, including addresses at No. 73 Caine Road and Third Street. Seeing No. 91 Caine Road on this specific advertisement adds another confirmed dot on the map tracking the pre-war spatial layout of private Chinese education along the Mid-Levels corridor. [1, 2]