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King's College, often informally referred to simply as King's or K.C., is a single-sex boys' government-funded secondary school located at 63A Bonham Road, Mid-levels, Hong Kong. Nowaday, King's College in Hong Kong serves as a secondary education institution for pupils in forms 1–6. King's College is highly selective; only accepting 8 per cent of applicants in 2012. On 2 December 2011, the Antiquities and Monuments Office declared King's College a monument under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance.School historyWest Point School (1857–1879)King's College has its own humble prequel known as West Point School which was established at West Point next to the West Point Police Station in 1857, shortly after the colonial history of Hong Kong began in 1841. West Point School is the precursor of Saiyingpun School and His Excellency King's College. The boys' school was a free village school supported by the Government stand as well as one of the earliest government schools in Hong Kong.There was such a great impetus to the study of English in the educational aspects in 1878 that Governor Hennessy advocated the enhancement of English Language and English speaking among the natives of Hong Kong. Hence, English teaching was introduced in the course of the year in Saiyingpun School and finally the establishment of a Method Class with a view to train the Chinese teachers of English for employment in the Village Schools was begun. The Acting Inspector of Schools stated that he felt confident that it would sooner or later be found necessary to enlarge the teaching staff in order to meet the demand for English teaching. Therefore, Saiyingpun School was established in 1879 because of the above policy. Indeed, among all the present government schools, it had the longest school history amounted to 159 years. West Point referred to the location of the shore off the Pokfulam Road and Queen's Road West, approximately the junction of Western Street and Des Voeux Road West near the Western Police Station.