Wa Ying College

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**Wa Ying College**
Motto	We work together. We care. We serve.
Established	1913
Type	Mixed
Principal	Mr. Kai Man TSANG
Location	Homantin, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Website	http://www.waying.edu.hk

Wa Ying College (華英中學) is a secondary school in Homantin, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is managed by the Chinese Methodist Church.

[edit] History

It was founded by the Methodist Church in 1913 in Foshan of Guangdong in China. During World War II the school relocated to Hong Kong in Tung Chung Fort of Tung Chung on Lantau Island and later moved to Shatin. It returned to Foshan after the war. In 1951, as Communist Party of China advanced into Guangdong, the Foshan school was finally forced to close.

In 1969, her alumni handed a proposal of re-establishment of the school to Chinese Methodist Church. The alumni pledged to raise funds to start the building project and entrusted the school to the church as in the past. With less than 400 alumni, nearly $300,000 was raised. In addition to a loan of $250,000 and a subsidy of two million dollars granted from the Hong Kong Government, the dream to resume the school came true. Construction work began at its present site in 1970.

In September 1971, the new Wa Ying College started with 18 teachers and 12 classes. The school gradually expanded up to 31 classes by the year 1983.