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The Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong was founded in 1918 by Fok Hing-tong, wife of Cantonese Christian businessman Ma Ying-piu. [2] Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong is different from YMCA of Hong Kong. They are two independent organisations in Hong Kong, both traced back to the same YMCA in England but founded differently and provide different directions of ...
YMCA Hong Kong was established in 1901, being separated into two separate organizations in 1908, split across linguistic lines: "YMCA of Hong Kong" and "Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong". YMCA Hong Kong headquarters has occupied its current location at 22 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui since 1922.
YMCA of Hong Kong Christian College (Chinese: 港青基信書院; Jyutping: gong2 cing1 gei1 seon3 syu1 jyun2), abbreviated as YHKCC, is a secondary school located at Tung Chung, Lantau Island, Hong Kong operated under the Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) of the Education Bureau. [3] [4] It is the first secondary school sponsored by the YMCA of Hong ...
When YMCA of Hong Kong was established in the early 20th century, most of its members were foreign nationals. [12] With its role set as an "International YMCA", it will further be distinguished with the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong and the YWCA of Hong Kong due to different target groups of serving. [13]
YMCA College Of Careers. YMCA College of Careers, located on the section between Waterloo Road and Tung Fong Street, is an education institute set up by Chinese YMCA and is in the headquarters of Chinese YMCA. Originally it was a continuous education centre. In 1995, the centre became a registered school and renamed YMCA College of Careers. [47]
After the establishment of the Republic of China, Yui worked both in government and Christian posts.In 1916 he entered the leadership of the Chinese YMCA. He succeeded C.T. Wang as general secretary in 1918, making the Chinese National YMCA the first mission-founded organization to turn control over to Chinese citizens.
The orphanage and children's hospital services ceased in 1971 after which the land was handed over to the Chinese Y M C A of Hong Kong to develop into a holiday camp and beach resort, and renamed Chinese Y M C A of Hong Kong Wu Kai Sha Youth Village. [2]
This is a list of notable Protestant missionaries in China by agency. Beginning with the arrival of Robert Morrison in 1807 and ending in 1953 with the departure of Arthur Matthews and Dr. Rupert Clark of the China Inland Mission, thousands of foreign Protestant missionaries and their families, lived and worked in China to spread Christianity, establish schools, and work as medical missionaries.