The Hong Kong branch was established in 1933 in Ho Man Tin. Initially, only primary school education was offered; a junior high school division using Chinese as medium of instruction was established in 1938, a senior high division was established in 1940. The school was suspended during Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World War II. Students and staff went to Macau and mainland China. In 1945, the school moved back to a temporary site in Kowloon Tong and in 1946, the school moved back to Ho Man Tin. In 1950, the school was renamed from a Hong Kong branch of the Canton school to the present name. In 1952, a new extension on the land donated by Hong Kong Government was built and completed in September 1953. The premises are located at Pui Ching Road which was named after the school.
Alfred Y. Cho, 卓以和, father of molecular beam epitaxy and quantum cascade lasers. former Vice President of Semiconductor Research at Bell Labs, Awarded US National Medal of Science in 1993 and US National Medal of Technology in 2007. Inducted into the US National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2009.
Kwing Lam Chan, 陳炯林, Dean of Space Science Institute and Director of Lunar and Planetary Science Laboratory, Macau University of Science and Technology, Head of the Department of Mathematics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Application Research Scientist, China Chang'E Lunar Exploration.
Edmond Ko, 高彥鳴, former senior advisor to the Provost, Director of the Center for Engineering Education Innovation at Hong Kong University for Science & Technology; former Vice Provost, Carnegie Mellon University; former vice president, City University of Hong Kong.[3]
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