Yuen Long Merchants Association Primary School

School Classification

Finance Type: Aided

District & POA Net: Yuen Long (POA 73)

School Level: Primary

Student Gender: Co-educational

Religion: Not Applicable

Medium of Instruction: Chinese

School Picture

Outlook of Yuen Long Merchants Association Primary School ()

Note: This school has the most common type-and-gender profile among Hong Kong primary schools: it is aided and co-educational. Aided schools account for 416 of 533 schools (78%), while 505 schools (95%) are co-educational. This school has no religious affiliation; 223 primary schools (42%) fall into this category overall, including 148 of the 416 aided schools (36%). Click to view an illustration.

Primary One Admission

In Hong Kong, the Primary One Admission (POA) System is administered by the Education Bureau to allocate Primary One places in government and aided primary schools. It consists of two stages: Discretionary Places Admission and Central Allocation. At the Discretionary Places stage, parents may apply directly to one government or aided school without being restricted by school net, and each school generally reserves about half of its Primary One places for this stage. The remaining places are allocated centrally, with 10% available for unrestricted school choices and 90% restricted to schools within the applicant’s residential school net. The table below summarises past years’ allocation figures, including Discretionary Places (DP), Central Allocation (CA), and total places.

View an illustration of the Primary One Admission System

Year	Total	DP	CA
2019	100+16	50	44
2020	100+16	50	59
2021	100	50	45
2022	100	50	44
2023	100	50	30
2024	100	50	37
2025	100	50	47
2026	100	50	43

Note: The figures for Discretionary Places (DP) and provisional Central Allocation (CA) places are published by the Education Bureau, while the total number of Primary One places is estimated from these figures. Where DP is lower than CA, this generally indicates that some discretionary places were unfilled and transferred to Central Allocation, suggesting relatively lower demand at the DP stage. Where DP and CA are approximately equal, the available discretionary places were generally fully taken up, suggesting relatively strong demand at the DP stage. Where DP is higher than CA and DP + CA is less than the estimated total, this generally indicates that the number of must-admit applicants exceeded the places normally reserved for them, with additional places taken from the original CA quota. These figures should therefore be used only as a general indication of admission demand and not as a definitive measure of a school's popularity.

View illustration: How to understand DP, CA and total places in POA

School Fees

This is an aided school, the most common type of primary school in Hong Kong. Aided schools account for approximately 78% of all primary schools and receive government funding to provide free primary education. No school fee is charged. By comparison, government schools account for around 6%, DSS schools 4%, and private schools 12%. Only DSS and private schools generally charge school fees.

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School Mission & Governance

We provide our students with a supportive and friendly learning environment to encourage them to learn to become a responsible citizen. Through participation, engagement, learning, and experiencing life in activities, students increase their confidence, understand the community and put our school motto, ‘Honesty, Modesty, Courtesy, Trust’, into practice.

Year of Commencement of Operation: 1946 · View School Emblem

School Motto

Honesty, Modesty, Courtesy, Trust

Name of Sponsoring Body

Yuen Long Merchants Association

Supervisor

Mr. Liu Chung Ping

School Head

Ms. Li Tak Choi

Class Structure & School Size

The table below presents the number of classes in each form from S1 to S6 in recent years. These figures provide a useful reference for understanding the school’s overall scale, form structure, and possible changes in enrolment trends.

Year	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	P6	Total
2018	4	4	4	4	4	4	24
2019	4	4	4	4	4	4	24
2020	4	4	4	4	4	4	24
2021	4	4	4	4	4	4	24
2022	4	4	4	4	4	4	24
2023	4	4	4	4	4	4	24
2024	4	4	4	4	4	4	24
2025	4	4	4	4	4	4	24
2026	4	4	4	4	4	4	24

Note: Class-related figures were obtained from the CHSC Primary School Profiles in September of each year.

Teachers Statistics

The table below presents some teacher statistics in recent years. TC# denotes total number of teachers, AE# = Approved Establishment, SET = Special Education Training, E = numbers of years of experience (0-4 years, 5-9 yesrs, 10 years or above).

Year	AE#	TC#	SET	E:0-4	E:5-9	E:10+
2018	45	56	47%	23%	12%	65%
2019	47	58	47%	23%	12%	65%
2020	49	63	45%	21%	11%	68%
2021	48	60	45%	18%	10%	72%
2022	48	60	45%	23%	8%	69%
2023	47	60	45%	21%	14%	65%
2024	47	60	53%	18%	19%	63%
2025	46	60	61%	20%	16%	64%
2026	46	60	61%	20%	15%	65%

Note: Teacher statistics were obtained from the CHSC Primary School Profiles in September of each year.

School Facilities

The school has 24 classrooms, 1 school hall, 3 playgrounds and 1 library, occupying an area of about 4,000 square metre.

Special Rooms: Computer room, General Studies room, Music room, Visual Arts room, English Activity room, Chinese Calligraphy room, Art Therapy room, Student Activity room

Facilities for supporting students with Special Educational Needs: Ramp, Accessible lift, Accessible toilet and Tactile guide path plan.

Others: Multi-purpose room, Art Gallery, School hall, Library, Space Science Learning room, STREAM room, MAPS Garden

Area Occupied by the School

about 4,000 square metre

Number of Classrooms

School Location & Map

Yuen Long Merchants Association Primary School is located at 244 Castle Peak Road, Yuen Long, N.T.. Use the interactive map below to explore the surrounding area. Alternatively, use our School Map to view this school and explore nearby schools.

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