Page "Ying Wa College" Paragraph 14

The school building, commandeered by the Japanese authorities during the Occupation of Hong Kong in World War II, was used as a P. W. D. depot.

The Headmaster, a member of the naval volunteers, was taken prisoner of war and the staff became scattered.

At the close of the war the building was restored to the school committee and re-opened in November 1945.

Noble convalesced in London and was substituted by the senior master K. Y. Yung.

When Noble resumed duty in 1946 the enrollment had increased to such an extent that almost 600 students were crowded into a building originally designed for 350.

The College premises in Bute Street, Mongkok proved to be too small to operate an ideal school.

A project for building a new school was therefore contemplated and negotiations resulted in the selling of the existing land and building to the friends of the Mongkok Church.