Hong Kong’s first fencing centre at secondary school opens amid hopes city’s youth will take to sport that brought home historic Olympic gold

Facility at HKTA The Yuen Yuen Institute No 1 Secondary School in Kwai Tsing will also be available to students from other campuses on bookings basis

School has also incorporated sport into its physical education curriculum

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Students at HKTA The Yuen Yuen Institute No 1 Secondary School in Kwai Tsing undergo fencing training. Photo: Nora Tam

Published: 9:00am, 3 Jan 2022Updated: 9:08am, 3 Jan 2022

Hong Kong’s first fencing centre under a secondary school has opened, with plans to allow students from other campuses to also use the training facility.

The centre, located in HKTA The Yuen Yuen Institute No 1 Secondary School in Kwai Tsing, spans more than 1,800 sq ft and costs nearly HK$1 million (US$128,250).

Completed in May, the facility includes two fencing strips and judging apparatus, as well as other equipment such as exercise bikes and dumbbells. It can also be used for physical education lessons or training for other school teams.

While Edgar Cheung Ka-long, who won a historic gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics last summer, is not an alumnus, six students from the school have been selected to join the Hong Kong team in the past eight years.

The school hopes it can promote the sport to society with its dedicated facility. Photo: Nora Tam

To promote the sport, the school has been collaborating with the Home Affairs Department to open the centre to other primary and secondary school students. Five primary schools have already made bookings.