Principal's Message

Friendly greetings to all and, on behalf of all teachers, welcome all new students to join our ‘PO TONG’ family.

As usual, the work schedules of all teaching and non-teaching staff are occupied with different tasks every summer holiday, including enrichment tutorials, preparatory work for the new school term curriculum, coordination work for cleaning the school campus and renovating facilities, upgrading computing systems of school computers, etc.. As a result of the changed timetable after the recurrent outbreak of pandemic, this year summer holiday was unprecedentedly short, posing an uphill challenge for all of us to compete with the time. In spite of this, our unwavering commitment to cultivating a more pleasant learning environment in return for a more fulfilling and rewarding new school year always fuels us to get all tasks well done.  

Quite a number of areas in the school campus look different after the summer renovation. Additional lockers were placed in classrooms for more storage space. To replace the aging overhead projectors, each classroom was equipped with a 75” smart TV for better projection quality when teaching materials displayed. The renewal of our school library will be soon completed, ready for stacking more books for display and providing more silent areas for self-learning. In addition, though the purchase of new students’ desks and chairs and the delayed repainting works because of bad weather have yet to be completed, what we eagerly anticipate is the great comfort and welcoming ambience in the school which can greatly favor students’ learning. The situation of COVID-19 outbreak remains volatile, but we always seek opportunities to expose students to different activities, both intra-school and inter-school, to foster a sense of fulfilment in them and enrich their learning experience throughout the secondary schooling. Recently the increasing number of confirmed cases still concerns all of us. May all students do your utmost to relieve the situation by getting vaccinated as early as possible.               

Here is a perfect chance for me to congratulate all the form 6 graduates, with a great sense of joy, approximately 110 of whom enrolled in the undergraduate programmes in universities. Even delightful is 50 graduates successfully admitted to the Hong Kong ‘Big Four’ universities (the University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the University of Science and Technology, the Polytechnic University), with 15 of whom entering the University of Hong Kong. The remarkable results are surely the learning target for fellow schoolmates to understand how important setting precise and clear goals is, particularly in preparing for the HKDSE and opting university programmes. 

A new school year marks a new page in life. ‘NEW’, to most of us, is very likely associated with changes and anticipation. In the upcoming school year, as expected, some new challenges confronting different students – adaptation to learn in an English-speaking environment for form one students, pressure to score high in tests and exams for better class allocation in the senior secondary for form three students, difficulties in mastering more advanced and in-depth subject knowledge for form four students – are never easy to overcome. Frank to say, there is no shortcut but to devise effective strategies which can maximize the learning outcome. Jotting down personalized notes in lessons, revising them very constantly, consulting teachers when encountering ambiguity, all these are seemingly trivial but in fact greatly help lay good foundation for getting closer to the target. To form five students, nearly one and a half year is left before your graduation, meaning that time management is a great challenge for you all to get well-prepared for the HKDSE and at the same time engage yourself into different activities to improve your skill sets and enrich your life experience. Time is even less, approximately 8 months, for form six students to battle against the HKDSE. No worries. With your complete readiness and confidence, we are pretty sure the results will be very satisfying.          

To yield great harvests, a start with new aspirations and ambitions is always important. An ancient Chinese proverb tells ‘The best time is always in the beginning, like morning in a day and spring in four seasons, which need to be appreciated most. What’s more, the secret of success in life lies in diligence.’ My strong belief is hard work always pays off. Gradual steps to your goal, together with your persistence and attempts to take concrete actions, are always followed by rewardable results delighting you at the end.

My dear students, let’s keep our chins up to strive for the best school year together.

Principal Lo Kwok Leung

September, 2022