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Post by geoff on Jun 8, 2006 7:42:45 GMT -5
My father attended Pui Ching School for overseas students in 1930's. Does anyone have any info?
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Post by raymond on Jun 8, 2006 16:13:59 GMT -5
Geoff, Pui Ching School is a Baptist secondary school and has campuses in Hong Kong, Macau and Guangzhou. The Guangzhou school is the original school founded in 1889. Enter your father's name on this website alumni directory for Pui Ching Middle School in Guangzhou: www.alumni.net/Asia/China/Guangdong/Guangzhou/Pui_Ching_Middle_School/With any luck, his name should show up. If not, you can register his name as an alumni member of the school. Then you can take it from there networking and posting messages in your search for information on the school and members. Good luck! Raymond |
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Post by geoff on Jun 8, 2006 19:15:21 GMT -5
Raymond,
Thanks for your reply.
Do you happen to know at what age one started & finished "Secondary school' back in 1930's? This will enable me to estimate the years he attended Pui Ching in Canton. Even if you know the current starting & finishing age will help.
Geoff
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Post by raymond on Jun 9, 2006 4:30:21 GMT -5
Geoff,
I personally know nothing of the Pui Ching School in Guangzhou. When I saw your post, I simply did what you should have done - -I googled "Pui Ching School Guangzhou" and came up with the various weblinks, one of which was the alumni directory. At this point it is up to you to do the necessary legwork to ferret out the information about the school that you are seeking. Good luck in your quest...........
Raymond
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Post by helen on Jun 9, 2006 15:10:09 GMT -5
Hullo Geoff, I posted on China the Beautiful message board: www.chinapage.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=7869#7869and this site has been posted up there now This is a well known school! See the web site www.puiching.com/teacher/school.htm I read that the school moved to Macau during the war time. It was a Baptist school. Pilot Officer Lee was educated at Pui Ching Middle School, Canton. He attended night school and studied mathematics for two years and then attended the Central Military Airforce School at Hangchow where he completed 100 hours flying. In 1938 he returned to New Zealand and enlisted in 1940. I had mentioned to you before re my husband's Grand Uncle - " Uncle Willie Lee's plane crashed in Cheshire, England in 1942. His grave can be found in a Shrospshire cemetery today. His name is listed on the Roll of Honour in the Hall of Memory here in Auckland Museum," I have it on my list to call Willie's younger Brother Dan, who may be able to fill us in a bit more. I'll also email and other person, who may have also gone there in the 30s-40s. |
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Post by helen on Jun 10, 2006 3:35:16 GMT -5
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Post by geoff on Jun 10, 2006 9:30:12 GMT -5
Thanks, but unfortunately I can't read chinese. Must be too long in OZ.
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Post by helen on Jun 10, 2006 15:33:24 GMT -5
There are the English pages with the history. There is a class of 1938 but the artilce is about a student who did well in that year.
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Post by geoff on Jun 10, 2006 17:16:47 GMT -5
Helen,
Thanks for your reply.
I've previously checkout that site but the "Huadu, GUANGZHOU in english" is about the new Pui Ching Commercial College". There are other bits of the site in englsih but they are about the Alumni or relate to "the pages cannot be found" rather than about the history of the school in Guangzhou. I have written to the school but no reply.
Geoff
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Post by helen on Nov 6, 2006 3:50:14 GMT -5
www.ziplink.net/~rey/ch/queries/messages/9667.html Geoff - My friend Kitty posted on the message board, but I didn't see it until now. Posted by kitty (210.246.17.13) on September 30, 2006 at 01:40:59: In Reply to: Pui Ching Middle School Guangchou 1920s posted by helen on July 14, 2006 at 21:18:30: Hello Helen My uncle was a principal of Pui Ching in the 1940s. If you search on Wikipedia, you will find the history of the school. During the Japanese occupation the school moved to Macau and then after the communist government took over China, the Hong Kong schoolbecame better known. Many overseas Chinese returning to Guangzhou sent their children to Pui Ching because it was, and still is, one of the most prestigious schools in the city. I returned from China only last week and overheard some mothers talking about their children's education and wanting to send their kids to Pui Ching. The school is still there in Guangzhou in the Dongshan suburb. We visited the site when we were there in 2004. In New Zealand, there used to be a Pui Ching past pupils alumni but I am not sure if it still exists. I know there are still some ex-pupils around in New Zealand. My father's family were all teachers who taught at the Pui Ching Middle school in Guangzhou. You should go back and visit. It is very easy to get around Guangzhou now. They have a Metro system very similar to Hong Kong and Sydney systems and the underground station is just about 5 minutes walk from Pui ching school. Hope this helps.
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Post by helen on Nov 11, 2006 2:33:28 GMT -5
Here is an informative link: www.answers.com/topic/pui-ching-middle-schoolDuring the Japanese occupation of Guangzhou, my family "followed" the school out to Macau and returned to the Guangzhou branch at the end of WWII. After the communists took over China in 1949, my aunts went out to Hong Kong and taught at the HK branch. The buildings are still there in Guangzhou and Hong Kong but I did not try to find the Macau branch when we went back this year. That's something to look forward to next time. Another weblink you will find useful is this legal summary. summary. legalref.judiciary.gov.hk/lrs/common/ju/ju_body.jsp?DIS=45945&AH=&QS=&FN=&currpage=There is a new education institute called Pei Zheng Commercial College which confuses people as they think it is the same institution but it is located out of Guangzhou and I think was set up by some old alumni of Pui Ching Middle school. If you want more information, just Google "pui ching middle school guangzhou". |
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Post by geoff on Nov 11, 2006 16:00:07 GMT -5
Hello Helen,
Thanks for the legal summary site.
Geoff
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