This building was originally a school - the old name is still visible on the side of the building, so if you're passing by please could you let us know what it was? [Update: It was the "Chung Sing Benevolent Society School", see Tony's comment below.]
Today it houses the Bayanihan Kennedy Town Centre, a charitable organisation providing services to domestic helpers from overseas who are working in Hong Kong.
I've created this Place based on recent photos added by the Webb family.
It was a junior school for children whose parents were in Hong Kong with the British armed forces. From its name I assume it was in Whitfield Barracks, but if you can tell us more about its location and when it was in operation, please let us know in the comments below.
A 1990 map book shows the Yu To Sang Memorial Secondary School on this site.
Hi
A friend of mine who lives in Mui Wo recently toured me in the surrounding villages. We walked through an old abandoned school in Wo Tin, very close to the silvermine waterfall (I wonder how I never noticed it before). There is nothing left in the three classroom building but one sign on the wall marked 1962, portraying the original management team.
I couldn't find anything online about the school, does anyone know about it?
58, Tai Po Road
It's the building next to the roundabout in this photo:
1939
On 28th November 1939, item 633 in the Gazette announced "Tenders invited for New Teacher's Training College, Bonham Road, Hong Kong" and that "The work consists of the erection of a three storied building in reinforced concrete with basement to central portion, drainage, site work, and caretaker’s quarters."
1941
Originally Edenhall, the old mansion on the site was used as the school building along with one half of Westbourne Villa (No 84 Bonham Road), where Rhine Court is today. A purpose built school was built c1960 before being replaced with the Scholastic Gardens development in the mid 1990's
I found a few mentions of the school in the 1960 thesis "Educational development in post-war Hong Kong":
Mentions in the "Education" chapter of the annual Blue Books.
(Click for more information about the Blue Books)
It is first mentioned in the 1883 Blue Book, under the "Grant-in-aid Schools" section of the "Educational" chapter:
