Tak Ming Almanac

德明年曆

1931    In view of the pressing need of education for all, General Chen Ji-tang and renowned revolution

activist Mr. Hu Han-Ming founded a school for overseas Chinese. With the mission to rejuvenate

the nation by means of education for all, the school was named after Dr. Sun Yat-sen using his

name【Tak Ming】 when he was a student at school. Dr. Sun’s birthday was chosen as the school’s 

inauguration day. Mr. Hu’s calligraphy –【Sincere, Confident, Virtuous, Studious】– were chosen

as the school motto.

廣東革命聞人胡漢民先生因感教育之重要,與陳濟棠將軍等會商籌辦一僑校,期以實行教育救國作為學校宗旨,並以國父孫中山先生之嘉名「德明」為校名,且以國父誕辰紀念日為校慶日,復由胡漢民先生書「篤信好學」四字作為校訓。

 

1933         Tak Ming High School was established in Gao Yiu County of Guangzhou.

             於廣州高要市創立『德明高中』

 

1934         Tak Ming Secondary School was established in Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong and the Principal was

Mr Wong Lun-Shu.

             陳濟棠、胡漢民、林雲陔以國父嘉名於九龍旺角洗衣街創立德明中學,校長黃麟書先生。

 

1936     Tak Ming, Wan Chai Branch School and Tak Ming, Kowloon City Second Branch School were established.

             增設灣仔德明分校及九龍城笫二分校。

 

1939     Tak Ming Primary School, Argyle Street and Tak Ming Girls’ Secondary School were established.

分設亞皆老街德明小學部及女中部。

 

1941     Tak Ming school relocated to Mau Ming County of Guangdong Province during Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong.

             日軍侵華,香港淪陷,德明遷校茂名上課

 

1945     Autumn. Japanese surrendered and the war came to an end. General Chen returned to Hong Kong and revived the Tak Ming Schools in Hong Kong. The Guangzhou Tak Ming Secondary School was established in Mei Fa Chuen of Guangzhou in 1946.

             秋,日本投降,陳氏回港復校,次年於梅花村開辦廣州德明中學。

 

1947     Winter. The first batch of students graduated from Tak Ming.

             冬,高中笫一屆畢業。

 

1951     Pioneered the first afternoon and evening high schools in Hong Kong.

             創辦下午及夜中學,開全港先河。

 

1955     Guangzhou Tak Ming Secondary School relocated to Macau. The Tak Ming Campus at Sai Yee Street of Kowloon was built.

             廣州德明中學遷往澳門,興建洗衣街正校校舍。

 

1960   The English Evening School witnessed its first batch graduates. Tak Ming College expanded its operation to four schools; namely: Arts & Literature, Commerce, Science, and Engineering with 16 departments. Thus, Tak Ming was now a full-fledged education organization that encompassed kindergarten, primary, secondary, and college education under one name. The number of students exceeded 12,000 and it was a record that Hong Kong did not have before.

             英文夜校笫一屆畢業,增辦德明書院,設文、商、理、工四院十六系。於在香港教育署立案並在九龍洗衣街創辦香港德明書院,設立文、商、理、工四學院十六學系及先修班,完成德明教育機構由幼稚園、小  學、中學至大學的完整教育體系,學生人數增至一萬二千餘人,實為香港前所未有之最高紀錄。

 

1962    Tak Ming College was approved by the Education Department of Taiwan to be the first overseas independent institute that was granted the authority to confer Bachelor’s Degrees.

             香港德明書院獲教育部核准為一海外獨立學院,並准予頒發學士學位。是一間由小學至大學完整的教育學府。

        

1966    The new school building at Sai Yee Street, Kowloon was completed. It was a 17-storey building with 139 classrooms.

       洗衣街十七層新校落成,教室共一百三十九間。

           

1996    Tak Ming College relocated to the current premises at 115 Chatham Road South, 5 & 6Th Floor, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon.

       香港德明書院搬遷到現址-九龍尖沙咀漆咸道南115號五至六樓

           

   

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