本書簡介

隨着1860年《北京條約》的簽訂，英國佔領九龍半島界限街以南及昂船洲，揭開九龍發展的序幕。尖沙咀吸引了不少外國人遷居到此；紅磡一帶則設有船塢、英坭廠和發電廠等重工業；而油麻地向為華人商住地區，民間商業活動頻繁，乃二十世紀初華人社群的主要聚集地。戰後，因應城市的急速發展，政府於九龍灣進行填海工程，發展住宅區和機場，觀塘更被開發為香港第一個衛星城市。

由於人口增長，社會經濟迅速發展，香港的教育需求亦因而大增。不少早年扎根於港島的辦學團體洞悉對岸的教育需要，紛紛跨港拓展教育服務。如今走進九龍，城市面貌雖已經歷幾番轉變，但人們仍能隱約從最早發展的道路和歷史建築，細味新舊城區如何互相交融，從而尋覓區內的歷史延續。現存或已停辦的學校，在不同年代，分佈於區內各處，亦一同譜寫社區歷史，見證城市和教育的發展與變遷。

本書為《承教．城傳：九龍學校的故事》的第二版，力求全面展現九龍以至全港的教育發展，涵蓋九龍早期城市發展、教育歷史及人物訪談等多方面的內容，引領讀者回到熟悉的街道、景點，窺探時代變遷的足跡，回溯早至上世紀四、五十以及六十年代的校園生活，從而明白區內人、事、物如何在教育和城市發展脈絡中互為影響。

Kowloon was primed for development when the Convention of Peking was signed in 1860 and Britain occupied Kowloon Peninsula south of Boundary Street and Stonecutters Island. Many foreigners came and resided in Tsim Sha Tsui. The Hung Hom area was home to heavy industries, such as shipyards, cement factories and power plants. Yau Ma Tei was a popular Chinese commercial and residential area where private commercial activities prospered, making it the main gathering place of the Chinese community in the early 20th century. Following World War II, in response to the fast-growing urban sprawl, the government launched reclamation works in Kowloon Bay to develop residential areas and the airport, and Kwun Tong was developed to become Hong Kong’s first satellite city.

Driven by population growth and socio-economic development, the demand for education in Hong Kong surged. School sponsoring bodies based on Hong Kong Island became aware of the emerging education needs on the peninsula and began to broaden their education services across the harbour. Although the cityscape of Kowloon has undergone numerous changes, the earliest roads and historic buildings can still be observed today. We can discern how the old town and the new urban areas have fused, tracing the passage of time within the district. Both continuing and discontinued schools from different eras are situated across Kowloon. They form part of the community’s history and provide proof of the changes in development of the city and its education systems over time.

This book is the second edition of A City’s Educational Heritage: Stories of Kowloon Schools. It provides a comprehensive perspective on the development of education in selected schools in Kowloon and Hong Kong, covering the early urban development of Kowloon and local education history, and including interviews with the school community. Readers are guided through the familiar landscape to revisit landmarks, discover the traces of transformation and recall the school life of earlier decades, including the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, allowing them to develop an understanding of how people, places and events in the district interacted with each other in the context of educational and urban development.

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