Diocesan Boys' School

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{{Short description|Christian boys' school in Hong Kong}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2012}}
{{Infobox school
| name = Diocesan Boys' School
| native_name = {{lang|zh-HK|拔萃男書院}}
| seal_image =
| seal_size = 160px
| seal_alt = School Badge of Diocesan Boys' School
| image = Diocesan Boys School.JPG
| established = {{Start date and age|1869}}
| schooltype = Secondary; primary (since 2004)
| fundingtype = [[Direct Subsidy Scheme|DSS]],<ref name="EDB">[http://www.edb.gov.hk/index.aspx?nodeID=510&langno=1&scrn=510777000133&inMode=2 School Information Search & School Lists] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305072220/http://www.edb.gov.hk/index.aspx?nodeID=510&langno=1&scrn=510777000133&inMode=2 |date=5 March 2012 }} Education Bureau, The Government of the Hong Kong</ref> [[Grant School (Hong Kong)|Grant School]]
| religion = [[Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui]]
| denomination =
| grades = G7 (Form 1) – G12 (Form 6)
| president = [[Matthias Der]]
| dean = Rosene Ghafur Cho Ka Wai Wong Yuen Ting
| headmaster = Cheng Kay Yen Ronnie
| yearbook = Steps {{noitalic|({{lang|zh-HK|集思}})}}
| newspaper = Not Rigmarole {{noitalic|({{lang|zh-HK|粹聞}})}}
| faculty = 136 teachers<ref>{{cite web |url=http://applications.chsc.hk/ssp2015/sch_detail4.php?lang_id=2&sch_id=2 |title=Diocesan Boys' School – Teaching Staff Information |publisher=Committee on Home-School Co-operation |access-date=30 March 2016 |archive-date=9 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409091304/http://applications.chsc.hk/ssp2015/sch_detail4.php?lang_id=2&sch_id=2 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| language = English
| staff =
| students =
| enrollment =
| athletics =
| sports =
| colours = Navy blue, white and red
{{Color box|#080a70}} {{Color box|#ffffff}} {{Color box|#c80000}}
| mascot =
| campus_type =
| houses = {{color box|green}} Arthur 
{{color box|blue}} Piercy 
{{color box|brown}} Sykes 
{{color box|yellow}} Featherstone 
{{color box|red}} Sargent 
{{color box|#0000ee}} Goodban 
{{color box|orange}} George She 
{{color box|purple}} Lowcock
| campus_size = {{cvt|50,000|m2}}
| location = 131 [[Argyle Street, Hong Kong|Argyle Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon]]
| country = Hong Kong
| coordinates = {{Coord|22|19|24|N|114|10|27|E|display=inline,title}}
| information =
| website = {{URL|https://www.dbs.edu.hk/}}
| module = {{Chinese|child=yes
|t=拔萃男書院
|y=Baht seuih nàahm syū yuhn
|s=拔萃男书院
|j=Bat6 seoi6 naam4 syu1 jyun6
|p=Bácuì Nán Shūyuàn
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The '''Diocesan Boys' School''' ('''DBS''') is a day and boarding [[Anglican]] boys' school in Hong Kong, located at 131 [[Argyle Street, Hong Kong|Argyle Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon]]. Having run as a [[Grant School (Hong Kong)|grant-aided school]] since it was founded, the school commenced operation in the [[Direct Subsidy Scheme]] in September 2003. It uses [[EMI schools|English as the medium of instruction]]. As of 2024 the headmaster was Ronnie Cheng Kay-Yen.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-11 |title=Hong Kong teen missing for week 'ate leaves and drank stream water' to survive |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3237522/search-missing-hong-kong-teen-17-enters-seventh-day-parents-join-rescue-teams-scouring-country-park |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en |archive-date=1 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501135852/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3237522/search-missing-hong-kong-teen-17-enters-seventh-day-parents-join-rescue-teams-scouring-country-park |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=DBS |title=Diocesan Boys' School - School Profile - Committee |url=https://www.dbs.edu.hk/index.php?s=dbs&m=profile |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=www.dbs.edu.hk |language=en}}</ref>

== History ==
=== The first foundation ===
In 1860, Lydia Smith (wife of the [[Bishop of Victoria]]) and the Society for the Promotion of Female Education in the Far East (Also known as Female Education Society, or "FES")<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lee Jane |title=Christian women in Chinese society : the Anglican story |isbn=978-988-8455-37-9|editor-last=Chiu|editor-first=Patricia |location=Hong Kong |pages=239–251 |chapter=Anglican Women and Social Service in Hong Kong |year=2018 |oclc=1066226424|editor-last2=Wong|editor-first2=Wai-Ching Angela}}</ref> set up the [[Diocesan Native Female Training School]], a day-school turned boarding school for native girls, affiliated with the [[Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui|Diocese of Victoria]]. As stated in its first annual report, the purpose of the school was "to introduce among a somewhat superior class of native females the blessings of Christianity and of religious training". The school sat on [[Bonham Road]], a small concrete house on a [[paddy field]].{{sfn|Featherstone|1930|p=1}} Lady Robinson (the Governor's wife) became the patron.{{sfn|Featherstone|1930|p=14}}

The school had a difficult existence. The [[Second Opium War]] aroused strong anti-British sentiment and so it was very unpopular for Chinese girls to learn English.<ref>E. J. Eitel's letter to the Colonial Secretary in 1889, CO 129/342, quoted in Vicky Lee, Being Eurasian: Memories Across Racial Divides (Hong Kong University Press, 2004), p.21</ref> The school was closed and then reopened under the name "Diocesan Female School", but its finances did not improve. In 1868, Bishop [[Charles Richard Alford|Charles Alford]] took the school under his immediate superintendence.{{sfn|Featherstone|1930|p=1}}

=== The second foundation ===

==== 19th century ====

On 30 January 1869, in a bid to gain popular support, Bishop Alford issued an appeal to admit boys into the school and to turn it into an orphanage. The appeal was well received by the public. In September, the Diocesan Home and Orphanage, for boys and girls, both foreign and Chinese, was established.{{sfn|Featherstone|1930|p=99}}

In July 1870, William Arthur, formerly of the Garrison School, was appointed as the headmaster and his wife as the matron.{{sfn|Featherstone|1930|p=1}}

In 1878, the school was placed in the [[grant-in-aid]] scheme by the [[Education Department (Hong Kong)|Education Department]].

In March 1878, Arthur resigned. Bishop Burdon proposed to stop admitting boys into the school and to bring it under the FES. In July, he withdrew his proposal following pressure from William Beswick, honorary treasurer of the DHO, although the Bishop still thought it inappropriate to have boys and girls boarding in the same school campus.{{sfn|Featherstone|1930|p=48}}

On 1 November 1878, George Piercy, then master of the [[Queen's College, Hong Kong|Government Central School]], was appointed to be the new headmaster.{{sfn|Featherstone|1930|p=103}} Piercy focused on the students' academics, and the school attained satisfactory results in the [[Cambridge University|Cambridge]] and [[Oxford University|Oxford]] Local Examinations scholarships.{{sfn|Featherstone|1930|p=3}}

On 31 May 1879, the school committee resolved to stop accepting girls as boarders.

In 1891, the school was renamed the Diocesan School and Orphanage. In 1892, the remaining girls were transferred to Fairlea Girls' School (a forerunner of [[Heep Yunn School]]). The Diocesan School and Orphanage was transformed into a boys' school.{{sfn|Featherstone|1930|p=48}}

==== Early 20th century ====
[[File:DBS Mong Kok Development 1926.jpg|thumb|Planned Development of Mong Kok in 1926.]]

In 1902, the school was renamed the Diocesan Boys' School and Orphanage.{{sfn|Featherstone|1930|p=129}} It is unclear when the school was renamed the Diocesan Boys' School, although the name was used as early as 1918.{{sfn|Fung|Chan-Yeung|2009|p=48}}

Rev. William Featherstone, headmaster from 1918 to 1931, introduced the prefects' system, a [[house system]] and Speech Day. He also moved the school from Bonham Road to a hill site in [[Mong Kok]]. <ref>{{cite web | title=HK Maps | url=https://www.hkmaps.hk/map.html?1926 | access-date=3 December 2024 | archive-date=6 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306041430/https://hkmaps.hk/map.html?1926 | url-status=live }}</ref> Construction was completed in 1926. In February 1927, the British military authorities took the school for use as a hospital for one year.{{sfn|Featherstone|1930|p=5}}

When [[Second Sino-Japanese war|war]] broke out in [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|China]] in 1937, the school showed its support towards the [[Chinese Nationalist Party]]. In January 1938, a [[shoe-shining]] club was organised under the permission of Rev. Christopher Sargent to raise funds for the [[Nationalist government]]. Boys went to schools around Hong Kong and polished shoes for teachers and students.<ref>''Steps'', Diocesan Boys' School, 1938</ref> In 1939, there was a school strike when a student with [[Japanese citizenship]] was appointed as [[Head girl and head boy|head prefect]].<ref>W. J. Smyly, ''A History of the Diocesan Boys' School'' (unpublished manuscript circa 1967)</ref>

During the [[Japanese occupation of Hong Kong]], most of the school staff, including then-headmaster Gerald Goodban, were imprisoned. The school building was transformed into a [[military hospital]] for [[soldier]]s of the [[Imperial Japanese Army]].

==== Post-war years ====
[[Imperial Japan]] surrendered in August 1945. The school remained under the control of the [[Kempeitai]] until November, when all the Japanese soldiers were captured.

On 21 March 1946, J. L. YoungSaye, a senior teacher, got the school to run again. [[Oswald Cheung]] and B. J. Monks took up the post of acting headmaster successively. Goodban returned from England on 19 November 1947. Repairs started during the Christmas holidays.

In 1949, Goodban introduced a new [[house system]] in which houses were named after former headmasters, along with the Piercy Challenge Shield.<ref>''Steps'', Diocesan Boys' School, 1949</ref>

In early 1950s, construction plans for a gymnasium, a Carnegie Hall (the old art room beside the demolished gymnasium) and a science wing were proposed.<ref>''Steps'', Diocesan Boys' School, 1954</ref>

In 1955, Canon [[George She|George Zimmern]], also known as George She, was appointed the next headmaster, the first Hong Kong-born old boy to be given the role. As headmaster, Canon She welcomed students from poor households and affirmed the [[Chinese language]] in school culture.<ref>[http://www.dsoba.org/oldboys/georgeshe/ George She Memorial Dedicated at DBS] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070408052817/http://www.dsoba.org/oldboys/georgeshe/ |date=8 April 2007 }}, DSOBA</ref> Canon She also introduced the Garden Fête in 1955.

It was decided that the primary classes should be dropped for lack of space and that a completely new primary school - Diocesan Preparatory School - would be built, although the decision was only implemented in 1969.<ref>Headmaster's Report, ''Steps'', Diocesan Boys' School, 1970</ref>

James Lowcock became headmaster in 1961. Based on his previous experience in the school, he restructured the administration to improve efficiency and appointed more teachers to posts with designated duties.
In 1983, Jacland Lai succeeded Mr. Lowcock as headmaster. A language laboratory and a demonstration room were built. The electrics and alarm installations were renovated, the school walls repainted, and the facilities were computerised throughout the school.

====2000s====
In 2002, Lai was succeeded by Terence Chang, an old boy and then-headmaster of [[Jockey Club Ti-I College]].

On 4 October 2002, the school committee proposed to join the [[Direct Subsidy Scheme]] (DSS) with effect from September 2003. The application was accepted by the [[Education and Manpower Bureau]] in March 2003.<ref>DBS School Committee Minutes 6 June 2003</ref> The DSS was fiercely debated within the School throughout 2002. Chang was highly in favour of joining the DSS,<ref>Terence Chang, "Why Direct Subsidy Scheme?", ''South China Morning Post'' 16 March 2002</ref> but some students and most teachers opposed the DSS because they were afraid it would shut out students from poorer families. Alumni on the whole were slightly inclined towards the DSS. The school claimed that parents were in favour, though its findings have since been criticised as biased.{{sfn|Fung|Chan-Yeung|2009|p=|pp=149-152}}

A primary school was built beside the secondary school campus. The project was financed by the government as part of the deal that saw the school join the DSS.<ref>DBS School Committee minutes 10 November 1998</ref> The '''Diocesan Boys' School Primary Division''' (DBSPD) had its first, partial intake of students in 2004 and expanded its intake with students aged between 6 and 12 over the following years.

In April 2012, Diocesan Boys' School became the first secondary school in Hong Kong to have a school app on [[iOS]] and [[Android (operating system)|Android]].

In September 2012, Chang retired and Ronnie Kay Yen Cheng – an alumnus who had been the [[Conductor (music)|conductor]] of the school [[choir]]s – succeeded him as headmaster.

In May 2020, the school became the world's No.1 [[International Baccalaureate]] school, with an average mark of 42.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Global Top IB Schools 2020 |url=https://ib-schools.com/league-tables/global-top-ib-schools.html |website=ib-schools.com}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

In September 2025, the Junior Forms Curriculum Coordinator Rosene Ghafur succeeded Ng Kay Kong as Dean.

==Campus==
[[File:DBS aerial 2008.JPG|thumb|375px|right|School campus in September 2007, with running track on school field. Behind the school field is the campus of the Primary Division.]]
[[File:DbsTrack.JPG|thumb|250px|The running track in March 2012]]
[[File:DbsSign.JPG|thumb|250px|Sign at the bottom of the school drive in March 2012]]

The school is located on Kadoorie Hill in [[Ho Man Tin]], [[Kowloon City District]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/maps/dc2015g.pdf |title=Kowloon City District Map |publisher=[[Electoral Affairs Commission]] |access-date=2019-08-30 |archive-date=1 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401164436/https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/maps/dc2015g.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

==21st century==

In March 2009, the school received media attention when a Form 4 student complained that he had had a [[Nudity|nude]] [[Model (person)|female model]] as a subject in his art class, and alleged embarrassment. The visual arts teacher, employed for 27 years, told reporters that he had been inviting [[Erotic photography model|nude models]] without any complaint for nearly ten years. Then-Headmaster Terence Chang said it was a "big fuss about nothing".<ref>[http://news.singtao.ca/toronto/2009-03-20/hongkong1237539397d1666786.html 校長指毋須大驚小怪男拔聘裸女供素描學生尷尬] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100520061121/http://news.singtao.ca/toronto/2009-03-20/hongkong1237539397d1666786.html |date=20 May 2010 }}, Sing Tao, 20 March 2009 {{in lang|zh}}</ref>

=== National security education ===
In December 2022, DBS said that it had already implemented national security education into its curriculum.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Peter |date=2022-12-07 |title=National security education highlighted in over 50 Hong Kong secondary school profiles |url=https://hongkongfp.com/2022/12/07/national-security-education-highlighted-in-over-50-hong-kong-secondary-school-profiles/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Hong Kong Free Press HKFP |language=en-GB}}</ref> The school stated that "The objective is to deepen students' understanding of the country's development and national security, enhance their sense of national identity and nurture them as good law-abiding citizens."<ref name=":0" />
==Music==
2025
:* 3rd in the Grand Prix in the Taipei International Choral Competition

2024 & 2025
:* Instrumental Grand slam in the 76th and 77th Hong Kong School Music Festival

==Alumni==

===Politicians===
[[File:Sun Yat-sen Statue, Diocesan Boys' School.jpg|thumb|Statue of Sun Yat-sen on campus, unveiled in 2011]]
[[File:Sun Yat-sen 1924 Guangzhou.jpg|thumb|Dr. Sun Yat-sen in 1924]]
* [[Sun Yat-sen]] (孫中山) (1866-1925), [[Kuomintang|Chinese revolutionary]] and statesman, "Father of Modern China"
* [[Robert Kotewall|Sir Robert Kotewall]] (羅旭龢) (1880-1949), colonial businessman and politician<ref>[http://www.luoshi.net/news1/shownews.asp?NewsID=1922 羅旭龢香港實業家] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070430135856/http://www.luoshi.net/news1/shownews.asp?NewsID=1922 |date=30 April 2007 }}, Luoshi.net (羅氏通譜網), 10 September 2004 {{in lang|zh}}</ref>
* [[Yeung Kai-yin]] (楊啟彥) (1941-2007), chairman and chief executive of [[Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation]] (KCRC), [[Secretary for Education and Manpower]], [[Secretary for Transport and Housing|Secretary for Transport]] and [[Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau|Secretary for the Treasury]]
* [[James Tien (politician)|James Tien Pei Chun]] (田北俊), former chairman of the [[Liberal Party (Hong Kong)|Liberal Party]] and member of the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]]
* [[Michael Tien|Michael Tien Puk Sun]] (田北辰), member of the Legislative Council and former chairman of the board of the [[Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation|KCRC]]
* [[Tommy Cheung]], Leader of the Liberal Party and member of the Legislative Council
* [[Dominic Lee]], member of the Legislative Council and former member of the [[Sham Shui Po District Council]]
* [[Kenneth Chen|Kenneth Chen Wei-on]], Secretary-General of the Legislative Council and former Undersecretary for Education
* [[Eddie Yue|Eddie Yue Wai-man]] (余偉文), Chief Executive of the [[Hong Kong Monetary Authority]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-01 |title=Unexpected Turns in the Life That Made the HKMA's Chief Executive |url=https://www.bschool.cuhk.edu.hk/featured-stories/eddie-yue-bba-1986-unexpected-turns-in-the-life-that-made-the-hkmas-chief-executive/ |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=CUHK Business School |language=en-US |archive-date=6 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106074111/https://www.bschool.cuhk.edu.hk/featured-stories/eddie-yue-bba-1986-unexpected-turns-in-the-life-that-made-the-hkmas-chief-executive/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Patrick Ho]], former [[Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs|Secretary for Home Affairs]], convicted of bribery offences in a U.S. federal court in 2018
* [[Timothy Tong]], former [[Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption|Commissioner of the ICAC]] and [[Commissioner of Customs and Excise]]
* [[Joshua Law|Joshua Law Chi-kong]], Former [[Secretary for the Civil Service]], Permanent Secretary for [[Security Bureau (Hong Kong)|Security]], Permanent Secretary for [[Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau|Constitutional and Mainland Affairs]], and Permanent Representative to the [[World Trade Organization]]

===Law===
* [[William Ngartse Thomas Tam]] (1900–1976), barrister, magistrate, member of the Legislative Council
* [[George She|G. S. Zimmern]] (施玉麒) (1904–1979), barrister, magistrate, headmaster of DBS<ref>[http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/hkjo/view/44/4401566.pdf Diocesan Boys' School Seventy Years Ago] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612124115/http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/hkjo/view/44/4401566.pdf |date=12 June 2011 }}, by W.J. Howard</ref>
* [[Kwan Cho-yiu]] (關祖堯) (1907–1971), judge, member of the Executive and Legislative Councils
* [[Kan Yuet-keung]] (簡悅強) (1913–2012), solicitor, member of the Executive and Legislative Councils, banker
* [[Oswald Cheung]] (張奧偉) (1922–2003), barrister, member of the Executive and Legislative Councils, acting headmaster of DBS<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110716081103/http://www3.hku.hk/hongrads/index.php/archive/citation_detail/19 HKU Honorary Graduates] University of Hong Kong</ref>
* [[Henry Litton]], former Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal, Hong Kong
* [[Aarif Barma]] (鮑晏明), Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201211/27/P201211270207.htm |title=Judicial appointment |website=info.gov.hk |access-date=2019-01-05 |archive-date=27 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027112458/https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201211/27/P201211270207.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Pang Kin-kee]] (彭鍵基), former High Court judge and former chairman of the [[Electoral Affairs Commission]] (EAC)<ref>[http://www.eac.gov.hk/en/about/member.htm Electoral Affairs Commission Membership] Electoral Affairs Commission</ref>
* [[Azizul Rahman Suffiad]] (石輝), former High Court judge (1997-2014), former Commissioner on Interception of Communications and Surveillance (2015-2021),<ref>[https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202107/23/P2021072300268.htm] Government Press Release: "Government announces appointment of Commissioner under Interception of Communications and Surveillance Ordinance" </ref> Chairman of the Islamic Union of Hong Kong <ref>[https://www.iuhk.org/index.php/about-us/counil-members] Council Members, The Islamic Union of Hong Kong</ref>

===Commerce===
* [[Peter Lam|Lam Kin Ming]] (林建名), chairman of Lai Sun Group
* [[Henry Fan]] (范鴻齡), Chairman of the [[Hospital Authority]], former [[Unofficial Member]] of the [[Executive Council of Hong Kong|Executive Council]], former managing director of [[CITIC Pacific]] and former vice-chairman of [[Cathay Pacific]]
* [[Canning Fok]] (霍建寧), group managing director of [[Hutchison Whampoa]]
* [[Daryl Ng]] (黃永光), deputy chairman of [[Sino Group]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20131001/00176_089.html|script-title=zh:再做爸爸黃永光數口差|trans-title=Dad again Ng Win Kong is bad in counting number|date=1 October 2013|access-date=15 October 2017|department=column {{lang|zh|中環出更}}|work=Oriental Daily News|location=Hong Kong|publisher=Oriental Press Group|language=zh-hk|archive-date=16 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016014800/http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20131001/00176_089.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[V-Nee Yeh]] (葉維義), founder of [[Value Partners (asset management)]] and member of the Executive Council<ref>{{cite news |url=http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?&iss_id=20091102&sec_id=4104&art_id=13375633 |title=拔萃校友報師恩給好校長一個家 DBS alumni show teacher gratitude -gifts headmaster a home |work=Apple Daily |location=Hong Kong |language=zh |date=2 November 2009 |archive-date=7 October 2011 |access-date=10 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007083317/http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?&iss_id=20091102&sec_id=4104&art_id=13375633 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Education and academia===
* [[Wing-tsit Chan|Chan Wing Tsit]] (陳榮捷) (1901–1994), sinologist, professor of philosophy at [[Dartmouth College]] and [[Columbia University]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040220234259/http://www.kaiping.gov.cn/kpjj/renwen/crj.htm 陳榮捷小傳], Kaiping District Government, People's Republic of China {{in lang|zh}}</ref>
* [[Sheung-Wai Tam|Tam Sheung Wai]] (譚尚渭), president [[emeritus]] of the [[Open University of Hong Kong]]
* [[Robert Chung|Robert Chung Ting Yiu]] (鍾庭耀), director of the Public Opinion Programme at HKU
* [[Chan Hing-yan]] (陳慶恩), chair of the Department of Music at HKU
* [[Lai Ching Lung]] (黎青龍), professor of medicine at HKU<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFCiDobHu_Q |title=至潮神級醫生救人不為金 |language=zh |access-date= |via=[[YouTube]] |archive-date=5 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805081458/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFCiDobHu_Q |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Benny Tai|Benny Tai Yiu-ting]] (戴耀廷), associate professor of law at HKU, initiator of [[Occupy Central with Love and Peace|Occupy Central]]

===Arts and entertainment===
* [[George Lam]] (林子祥), [[Cantopop]] star
* [[Li Chuan Yun]] (李傳韻), violinist
* [[Andrew Ling|Andrew Hin Yau Ling]] (凌顯祐), violinist, violist, conductor
* [[Aristo Sham]], pianist
* [[Chapman To]] (杜汶澤), actor and entertainer
* [[Vivek Mahbubani]], stand-up comedian
* [[Hubert Wu]] (胡鴻鈞), Cantopop singer
* [[Lo King-man]] (盧景文), performing artist and director, "Father of Hong Kong Opera"
* [[Byron Mann]] (文峰), actor

===Mass culture and journalism===
* [[Alex Law|Alex Law Kai-yui]] (羅啟銳), film director
* [[Josiah Lau|Josiah Lau Ka Kit]] (劉家傑), host of "One Minute's English" (RTHK)

===Sports===
* [[Roy Lamsam]] (伍劭雄), cricketer
* [[William Hill (Hong Kong athlete)|William Hill]], Olympic sprinter (1964){{citation needed|reason=lacks a reliable source confirming attendance|date=May 2019}}
* [[Denis Cunningham]], Olympic fencer (1976, 1984), chairman of Hong Kong Fencing Association{{citation needed|reason=lacks a reliable source confirming attendance|date=May 2019}}
* [[Lai Chun Ho]] (黎振浩), Olympic sprinter (2008, 2012)
* [[Chan Ming Tai]] (陳銘泰), Olympic long jumper (2016), holder of the Hong Kong record{{citation needed|reason=lacks a reliable source confirming attendance|date=May 2019}}
* [[Ng Ka Long]] (伍家朗), Olympic badminton player (2016, 2020)
* [[Tan Chun Lok]] (陳俊樂), footballer, member of [[Hong Kong National Football Team]], current plays for [[Chinese Super League]] club [[Guangzhou City F.C.|Guangzhou City]]
* [[Timothy Chow|Timothy Stephen Chow]] (周子謙) footballer, member of the [[Hong Kong national under-23 football team]], currently plays for [[Hong Kong Premier League]] club [[Hong Kong FC (football)|HKFC]].
* [[Yue Tze Nam]] (茹子楠), footballer, member of [[Hong Kong National Football Team]], current plays for [[Chinese Super League]] club [[Meizhou Hakka]]
* [[Sun Ming Him]], footballer, member of [[Hong Kong National Football Team]], current plays for [[Hong Kong Premier League]] club [[Eastern Sports Club]].
* [[Lawrence Ng (fencer)|Lawrence Ng Lok Wang]] (吳諾弘), Olympic foil fencer (2020)

* [[Coleman_Wong|Coleman Wong Chak Lam]] (黃澤林), tennis player, winner of the Boys' Doubles titles at [[2021_US_Open_(tennis)|2021 US Open]] and [[2022 Australian Open]]
* [[Viking Wong]] (黃維俊), [[Brazilian jiu-jitsu]] practitioner and fashion designer

==See also==
*[[Education in Hong Kong]]
*[[List of secondary schools in Hong Kong]]

== References ==
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== Sources ==
*{{cite book |last=Featherstone |first=W.T. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G91pXwAACAAJ |title=The Diocesan Boys School and Orphanage, Hongkong: The History and Records, 1869 to 1929. With References to an Earlier Institution, Called the Diocesan Native Female Training School, Founded in 1867 |publisher=Ye Olde Printerie |year=1930 |access-date=}}
*W. J. Smyly, ''A History of the Diocesan Boys' School'' (unpublished manuscript circa 1967)
*{{cite book |last=Fung |first=Y.W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NsiHAAACAAJ |title=A Tribute to Rev. Canon George She: Headmaster, 1955-1961, Diocesan Boys' School, Hong Kong |publisher=GS Book Editors |year=2004 |access-date=}}
* E. J. Eitel's letter to the Colonial Secretary in 1889, CO 129/342, quoted in Vicky Lee, ''Being Eurasian: Memories Across Racial Divides'' (Hong Kong University Press, 2004), p. 21
* ''Steps'', Diocesan Boys' School, various years
* {{cite book |last1=Fung |first1=Y. W. |title=To Serve and to Lead |last2=Chan-Yeung |first2=Mo Wah Moira |date=2009 |publisher=Hong Kong Univ. Press |isbn=978-962-209-998-2 |publication-place=Aberdeen, Hong Kong}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Diocesan Boys' School}}
*[http://www.dbs.edu.hk Official Homepage of Diocesan Boys' School]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110612124115/http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/hkjo/view/44/4401566.pdf Diocesan Boys School Seventy Years Ago], by W. J. Howard

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