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Pui Kiu Middle School is a pro Chinese Central Government secondary school in Hong Kong. Located in the Eastern District area of North Point, it has attracted controversy.HistoryThe school was founded in 1946 by overseas Chinese investors from Southeast Asia and elsewhere, originally in Pui Kiu Lang Park (around Happy Valley to the Mid-Levels area). In the 1980s it relocated to its current location in Braemar Hill.ControversyWhen the People's Republic of China was established in 1949, the school announced that it would uphold Communist disciplines in its curriculum. This placed a severe strain on relations between the school and the colonial Hong Kong government, as well as with the local population, whose political opinion tended towards anti-communism.In the late 1970s, the Hong Kong government, under the education laws, took over the school and reorganized it.Present dayCurrently, Pui Kiu Middle School is part of the Direct Subsidy Scheme. The campus features a swimming pool, student dormitories, laboratories, computer rooms, classrooms, an indoor dining hall, an auditorium, a library and an indoor stadium.Notable alumniGary Cheng: former Legislative CouncillorJasper Tsang Yok-sing, the founding Chairman (1992–2003) of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), the largest pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong. Starting in October 2008, he became President of Legislative CouncilMa Lik (1952–2007): former Legislative Councillor and former Chairman of the leftist DAB PartyTo Kit: editorial writerYvonne Yung Hung: actress