True Light Girls' College

True Light Girls' College (TLGC, Cantonese: 真光女書院) is a Christian girls' secondary school in Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1973, to commemorate the centenary of the first True Light Middle School, which was founded in 1872 in Canton by the American missionary, Harriet Newell Noyes.[1] It is run by the Kowloon True Light Middle School Management Board with the assistance of the Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China. The school is an aided EMI secondary school.

True Light Girls' College
真光女書院
School badge of True Light Girls' College
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22°18′50″N 114°10′22″E / 22.3138°N 114.1728°E / 22.3138; 114.1728
Information
TypeAided
MottoThou art the Light of the World
DenominationChristian (Church of Christ)
Established1973; 53 years ago (1973)
Principal
Dr. Mui Lai Yuk
Teaching staff
46
GradesSecondary 1–6
GenderGirls
Websitewww.tlgc.edu.hk
True Light Girls' College
Traditional Chinese真光女書院
Simplified Chinese真光女书院
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhēnguāng Nǚ Shū​yuàn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingzan1 gwong1 neoi5 syu1 jyun6*2

School motto

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Thou art the light of the world (Matthew 5:14)

Teaching staff

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There are in total 48 teaching staff in approved establishment with 6 staff who are not included in approved establishment.

School uniform

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The school uses a cheongsam as the student uniform, and was the first Hong Kong secondary school to adopt the garment as such.[2]

Class structure

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There are 24 classes under the New Senior Secondary (NSS) [3] curriculum: 4 classes at each level from S1 to S6.[4]

Notable alumnae

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  • G.E.M., Hong Kong pop singer (graduated 2008)

See also

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References

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