Hui Chor Tin

Hui Chor Tin started studying at the age of four to five. There were no kindergartens at that time. Hui studied primary one at three different schools. First he studied for a year at Lung Tsun Free School. He could not remember the school very well, but could recall the school was near Sheng Xian Pavilion in Kowloon Walled City. The school was in a dodgy neighborhood. Streets were narrow inside the Walled City, and outside of Sheng Xian Pavilion there were corpses of junkies awaiting to be collected to the morgue.

Title	Impressions on Lung Tsun Free School in Kowloon Walled City and the surroundings
Date	28/05/2010
Subject	Education
Duration	53s
Language	Cantonese
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Accession No.	TW-HCT-HLT-001

The main door of the primary school ran by the Hong Kong Bar-Bending Workers Union was always open. Without a door guard, outsiders could enter the school at any time. During lessons, the teachers would send primary one students, two by two, to take turns to guard the door. In case they encountered any strangers, they would ran upstairs to inform the teachers.

Title	Primary One students to guard the entrance at the school ran by the Hong Kong Bar-Bending Workers Union
Date	28/05/2010
Subject	Education
Duration	1m31s
Language	Cantonese
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Accession No.	TW-HCT-HLT-004

In August that year, Hui went to Diocesan Boys' School to register alone. Since his family condition was quite different from the elitist Diocesan Boys' School, the teacher who was responsible for registration persuaded Hui to apply Queen Elizabeth School instead. Queen Elizabeth School was just next to Diocesan Boys' School, and was considered more grassroot. Hui answered the teacher that he had to consult his father. Eventually, the teacher admitted him to Diocesan Boys' School. Hui said if he studied at Queen Elizabeth School, it would be a very different outcome for him for the years to come.

Title	An episode of enrolling at Diocesan Boys' School, and how it related to the things that happened afterward
Date	04/06/2010
Subject	Education
Duration	1m13s
Language	Cantonese
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Accession No.	TW-HCT-HLT-013

Some repeated offenders even learned the skill of quick copying.

Title	Students who learned the skill of copying because they were often punished
Date	04/06/2010
Subject	Education
Duration	21s
Language	Cantonese
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Accession No.	TW-HCT-HLT-014

At Diocesan Boys' the English teacher led his students to see a movie at cinemas every six months. They often saw the latest English-language movies such as Ben-Hur, Gone with the Wind, Graduate and My Fair Lady, etc. Students were free to join, or they could choose to stay in the classroom to study. Movie-going was usually arranged at the last two or one lesson of the day so students could go home directly after the movie. They also discussed the movie during class the next day. It was a light-hearted event for the students. Teachers usually brought the students to Dynasty Theatre in Mongkok to see the movies. The tickets they bought were a quarter or a fifth of the original price, and they sat at the special class on upper circle.

Title	Students learning English through watching movies
Date	04/06/2010
Subject	Education
Duration	1m53s
Language	Cantonese
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Accession No.	TW-HCT-HLT-015

From Form One to Five, Hui had the same teacher teaching Chinese literature and Chinese history. The teacher's name was Kang Tongjia, who was a cousin of Kang Youwei. Mr Kang taught Chinese history in his own way. For a consecutive few years, he spent 80 to 90 per cent of the time in class talking about The Coup of 1898 and the Hundred Days' Reform, and Kang Youwei's career from the his education to his global travel after the failure of Coup of 1898.

Title	Chinese history teacher taught mostly about the Hundred Day Reform
Date	04/06/2010
Subject	Education
Duration	1m36s
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Accession No.	TW-HCT-HLT-018

When teaching Chinese literature, Mr Kang would recite the classical text once. Each time when he recited Zhuge Liang's Qian Chu Shi Biao and Hou Chu Shi Biao, he had tears in his eyes. That was the way how Mr Kang imparted emotion in what he was teaching.

Title	Chinese literature teacher recited Chu Shi Biao in tears
Date	04/06/2010
Subject	Education
Duration	49s
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Accession No.	TW-HCT-HLT-019

Hui remembered when he was in Form Six, his chemistry teacher from UK discussed the most popular science topics to arouse students' interest in the subject. China's Cultural Revolution was in full throttle at that time, and the Chinese government tested the first atomic bomb and hydrogen bomb. When it was April, the chemistry teacher spent 95 percent of time to explain how to make the two different bombs so the students could understand their difference. Most of the students, including Hui, were interested in the topic. Most of his classmates were interested in science, and from Form Five to Form Six they chose to study science.

Title	Chemistry teacher explained the ways to make atomic and hydrogen bombs
Date	04/06/2010
Subject	Education
Duration	1m35s
Language	Cantonese
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Accession No.	TW-HCT-HLT-020

Hui believed if he were to study at Queen Elizabeth School, his career path would be very different. There was a marked difference in teaching method and students' academic attitude between Queen Elizabeth School and Diocesan Boys' School. At that time, students at public schools put more emphasis on getting good grades at the HKCEE and they would do more exercise for preparation. At Diocesan Boys', since a lot of the students would go abroad for further study, they did not pay that much emphasis on attending the HKCEE. Hui's HKCEE results were just average, and not as good as his neighboring friends who attended public schools.

Title	Difference career prospect between graduates studying at Diocesan Boys' School and public schools
Date	04/06/2010
Subject	Education
Duration	53s
Language	Cantonese
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Accession No.	TW-HCT-HLT-022

Hui believed that teacher's encouragement would enlighten the students. Hui was able to learn from teachers like that, such as his teacher in Primary Five. On the contrary, if a teacher only criticize studnets, that would impact negatively on them. The English teacher when Hui was in Form One used that method, and Hui became fearful of English. He said the education system in Hong Kong should not be like an industrial process and treat students like finished products.

Title	Consequence of using criticism as a teaching method – English teacher taught how to pronounce the word "helicopter"
Date	04/06/2010
Subject	Education
Duration	2m50s
Language	Cantonese
Material Type	Audio
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Accession No.	TW-HCT-HLT-028