Kwun Tong Maryknoll College
| Kwun Tong Maryknoll College Chinese: 觀塘瑪利諾書院 |
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The School Emblem
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100 Tsui Ping Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon Hong Kong |
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| School type | Grant School, for male, Secondary |
| Motto | Kindness, Trust, Modesty, Courtesy, Loyalty, Endurance |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Established | 1971 |
| School district | Hong Kong Kwun Tong |
| Headmaster | Mr. Joseph Yee Kin Wah |
| Supervisor | Rev. Joseph Fung Che-ho |
| Faculty | 63 teachers |
| Grades | Form 1 – Form 6 |
| Campus size | 84,600 sq ft (7,860 m2) |
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Carmine |
| Newspaper | "Evergreen" Chinese: 長青 |
| Yearbook | "School Year Book" |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong |
| School Houses | Kindness, Trust, Modesty, Courtesy |
| Website | www.ktmc.edu.hk |
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Kwun Tong Maryknoll College (KTMC;Chinese: 觀塘瑪利諾書院) is a Catholic boys' secondary school in Hong Kong. It was founded in 1971. It was established by the Maryknoll Fathers, a society of Catholic priest and brothers which was founded in the United States in 1911. The college's anniversary day is the first Friday in May.
Kwun Tong Maryknoll College is one of the limited number of schools in Hong Kong which uses English as the medium of instruction. The school curriculum uses English as medium of instruction in all subjects with the exception of Chinese-related subjects.
In the late 1950s, the Maryknoll Fathers had begun working in the Kwun Tong area. In 1962, the Maryknoll Father Society asked (Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America) the Education Department for assistance in building a subsidized Anglo-Chinese secondary school, Kwun Tong Maryknoll College, in Kwun Tong. The planning of the school was delayed by the unrest of the late 1960s and the serious inflation which upset all cost estimates. But eventually ground was broken in the summer of 1971 and the construction of the school building began. The school was founded finally in 1971.
Before completion of the school campus construction, students had to use the classrooms at Sing Yin Secondary School to have lessons. And unfortunately, the opening of the new school building was delayed three weeks due to the Sau Mau Ping landslide on 18 June 1972, but students were able to take possession of the new building on 25 September 1972.
The symbol, or emblem of Kwun Tong Maryknoll College was designed by her first Supervisor, Rev. John Cioppa, M.M. using the symbol of the Maryknoll Father Society – the 'Chi-Rho'. There are two Greek letters: Chi written as 'X' and Rho written as 'P'. These two letters are the first letters of the Greek word for Christ. The round figure, or oval, represents the globe or world for whom Christ came as Saviour.
Thus the school's symbol shows its unity with the work of the Maryknoll Fathers in many countries throughout the world, the work of bringing Christ's love to all people and races.
The Maryknoll Fathers hope that each student will honour the school emblem by leading a good, upright life and by being an instrument of God's love in a world that needs truth and love.
The school theme of the year for 2011 to 2012 is "Modesty". (凡是要謙遜、溫和、忍耐，在愛德中彼此擔待。)
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