De La Salle Secondary School, N.T.

De La Salle Secondary School, N.T. (DLS,Chinese: 新界喇沙中學) is a catholic secondary school in Kam Tsin Tsuen, near Kwu Tung in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It was established by the Brothers of the Christian Schools in 1965. It is one of the Lasallian schools in Hong Kong. (N.T. is the acronym of New Territories, a region in Hong Kong.)

De La Salle Secondary School, N.T.
School Badge
Motto	FIDES ET CARITAS
	(Faith and Love)
Established	1965
Supervisor	Brother Alphonsus Breen
Principal	Mr. Tso Siu Man, Simon
Students	661
Area	Approx. - sq. meters
Medium of Instruction	Chinese (Cantonese)
Member of	Brothers of the Christian Schools
Homepage	http://www.delasalle.edu.hk

From Form 1 through to Form 4 only boys are accepted, but form 5, 6 and 7 are fully coeducational.

Initially English was used as the medium of instruction. The school began to use Cantonese to teach in 1987, and in 1997 it became the sole instructing language in classes.

Brief history and development

School main gate

De La Salle Secondary School, N. T. was established in 1965 under the zealous leadership of its first Principal, Brother Felix Sheehan.

Among the Lasallian schools in Hong Kong, it has the distinction of being our only school with nature at its doorstep. The school has a grass football field and a large multi-purpose playground with basketball, handball and volleyball courts. There are also 2 covered areas, one where students can play badminton and the other where many extra-curricular activities are held.

With the support of teachers and parents, De La Salle Secondary School, N.T. has adopted Chinese as the medium of instruction.

At De La Salle, Forms 1 to 3 are streamed. Students in Forms 4, 5, 6 and 7 are placed in classes according to their interests in either arts or science. Forms 1 to 4 were all boys but Forms 5 to 7 were co-educational. Starting from 2007, all forms are now co-ed.

The school badge has as its motto Fides et Caritas—Faith and Love—which reminds the school community that their spiritual values should manifest true love in action.

De La Salle Secondary School, N.T., in keeping with good Lasallian tradition, fulfils a real need for quality education in the New Territories.

Hui Tim Lik Incident

October 13, 2019, an armed police officer was stabbed into the neck by Hui Tim Lik (許添力), an 19-year-old student from De La Salle Secondary School, N.T. The police officer was bloodshed and sent to the United Christian Hospital for treatment. Hui was arrested and charged with "murder". [1][2][3]

References

"香港有警員執勤期間被人割頸19歲學生被捕（視頻）". KTSF26. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
"【10.13遊行】遭鎅頸警ICU留醫　19歲學生涉意圖謀殺　警搜出遺書". 香港01. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
"青年涉利器割警案押後周五再訊　控方申請禁止披露受傷警資料". 東網. Retrieved 15 October 2019.

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