School Sponsoring Body

Members of the School Sponsoring Body

Our school’s sponsoring body the Po On Commercial Association was founded in 1914, almost a century ago. Its past presidents and committee members have been devoted to running schools. Following in the footsteps of its predecessors, the Association has taken up this meaningful mission of providing education and to this end, four schools have been set up in Hong Kong, namely :

POCA School in 1963

Second POCA School in 1969

POCA Wong Siu Ching Secondary School in 1979

POCA Wan Ho Kan Primary School in 1997

In addition, the Association also set up schools back home in Shenzhen, China. They are:

HKPOCA Long Tian Primary School at Kengzi, Longgang Town, Shenzhen in 1996

HKPOCA Shatou Nursery School at Shatou, Futian District, Shenzhen in 1997

About our School Name and Ms Wong Siu Ching

Our school is named after Ms Wong Siu Ching for her contributions to the Po On Commercial Association in building the school.

Ms Wong, native of Dapeng Town of Po On County, was born into a wealthy family in a local village in 1903. Her father Mr Wong Chiu Tung, graduated from Boading Military Academy of the late Qing Dynasty, was a man of extensive knowledge. Ms. Wong Siu Ching was married to Mr. Cheung and went to live in the US. After her husband passed away, she returned to Hong Kong and ran a business. Ms Wong led a simple, frugal life and kept a low profile. But she was active and generous in charitable work, donating to build schools and help the elderly and the young, to the benefit of many people in Hong Kong, Shenzhen and the vicinity.

In the mid-1950s, Ms Wong led in establishing the Dapeng Secondary School Founding Committee and donated HK$150,000 as the start-up fund. This was the origin of the present Dapeng Huaqiao Secondary School in Shenzhen.

In the late 1970s, when the Po On Commercial Association was planning a secondary school, Ms Wong donated HK$700,000 to the foundation, and in appreciation, the School Board decided to name the new school after her.

Ms Wong passed away in 1984 at the age of 81.