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| 1963 | 9th Sept. | Due to
the delay of the construction schedule, five classes of F.1's began
their lessons in borrowed premises of Tak Ching Primary School at Tai Wo Hau in the afternoon, supervised by Rev. Bro. Bosco Wei. It is a school subsidized by the Government. 
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| 1964 | Sept. | Eleven classes with
an enrolment of 440 students moved into the present campus building at  |
| 25th Nov. | The School was officially
opened by His Excellency Sir
David C.C. Trench, Governor of graced by the presence of the Honorable Dir. Of Education Mr. W.D.Gregg, Education officers, many civil and religious dignitaries and friends.  |
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| 1967 | 2nd Jan. | The 150th Anniversary of the Marist Brothers was celebrated with a Holy Mass. |
| 15th Feb | The first issue of the school bulletin,
Pathfinder (探驪) was published and delivered. |
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| May | The Senior students sat for the Hong
Kong Certificate of Education Examination (English) for the first time and the results were excellent and brilliant! |
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| 5th June | The Alumni Association was established. | |
| 17th June | The first Open Day of the School was
held. It lasted for two days. Raffle Tickets were sold to raise funds for the equipment of the Hall and Laboratories. |
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| 1968 | Dec | A Mandarin Class was organized. |
| 1969 | April | We began to participate in Hong Kong Chinese University Matriculation Examination. |
| Aug. | A First work camp was held at Tai O to build a road for the convenience of the villagers. | |
| 3rd Dec. | The first Athletic Meet took place. | |
| 6th Dec | The second Open Day proved very successful,
hundreds of parents came and showed their interest in our work. |
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| 1970 | April | We began to take part in the Matriculation Examination of the University of Hong Kong. |
| 17th Nov. | For the first time the School Boys
gave blood to Red Cross Blood Bank, which has now become a tradition. |
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| 21st Dec. | The second Athletic Meet of the School
took place in the new stadium at Yeung Uk Road. |
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| 22ndDec. | A Stevenson's Screen was put on the
top of the Hall and a weather chart was equipped near the entrance. |
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| 1971 | 20th Feb. | A Walk for the Community Chest was
organized by the School, 350 students and 7 teachers joined in the 10miles's walk. $14,736.25 was collected and presented to the Community Chest. |
| 21st Sept. | Teachers and students were divided
into 5 houses: Saint, Francis, Xavier, Middle, School houses, to facilitate the running of the Inter-house Competitions. |
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| 1st Dec. | 200 students joined in the Hong Kong
Festival ‘’Inter School Gala’’, organized by the District Office and Kai Fong Associations of Tsuen Wan. |
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| 1972 | 22nd Aug. | The first Principal Rev. Bro. Bosco
left the School for a philosophical Course in Rome and Rev. Bro. Vincent took over the reins as the Second Principal.  |
| 6th Sept. | A new cycle system was introduced---
no school on Saturday. Evening School started with 2 classes of F.1’s and one class of F.2. |
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| 1973 | The First School Album was published for the 10th Anniversary. | |
| 30th April | The first Swimming Gala took place
at Morse Park. The regular Athletic Meet --- with the finals timed by Omega Time Keepers proved a great event. |
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| 1974 | SFXS offered places to girls (only at F.6) for the First time. | |
| 6th June | Athletic Meet in honour of Blessed Father Champagnat. | |
| Sept | The names of A-Form, B-Form, C-Form
and D-Form were introduced as the calling of four houses. |
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| 30th Sept. | Rev. Bro. Joseph Chang became the
Third Principal. |
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| 1975 | The First group of Prefects'Board was formed with 12 outstanding students. | |
| Sept. | The naming of the four houses were
changed to ‘忠’ (Loyalty),’誠’ (Honesty), ‘博’ (Universality) and ’愛’ (Love). |
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| 20th Oct. | Music was broadcast in the Hall at
lunch time and this service has been carried out up to now. |
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| Nov. | A changing room was built to facilitate P.E. lessons. | |
| 1976 | April | The Catholic Students Association was established. |
| 17th May | The First Book Exhibition was held, it gained ardent support from the fellow students. | |
| Nov. | The First Joint Schools Athletic Meet
between Saint Francis Xavier's School, Tsuen Wan and Saint Francis Xavier's College, Kowloon was launched in Tsuen Wan Stadium  |
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| 1977 | 3rd April | The First Inter-house Bridge Competition took place. |
| 31st May | A Mathematics Exhibition was launched
in our Hall as a pre-exhibition of the First Joint Schools Mathematics Exhibition. |
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| 21st Sept. | The First Internal Talent Quest (Singing
Contest) was launched in our Hall. |
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| 1978 | The Second School Album was published for the 15th Anniversary. | |
| Sept | The F.6 and F.7 classes stopped accepting
matriculations of girls as Pope Paul IV College had launched its own Advanced-Level classes. |
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| 1985 | 16th Sept. | It was reported that a bomb had been
hided at the campus. All students and staffs had to evacuate. After a full-scale searching and investigation by many police officers, the frightening incident was proved to be a false alarm. |
| 1986 | There was Gas Leakage at the Science Laboratory of SFXS. | |
| 1987 | The First Students' Association was founded for the students' well-being. | |
| 1992 | The evening school was stopped. | |
| 1996 | The First Overseas Exchanged student,
Magnus Davidsen (Norwegian) matriculated with distinction at SFXS. |
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| 1997 | The campus was equipped with air-conditioning system. | |
| 1999 | Nov. | An Open Day was launched for raising funds. |
| 2000 | Nov. | Broadband Internet System was introduced. |
| 2001 | 1st Dec. | A Farewell Dinner for the Hall(送別禮堂盆菜宴)
was launched as the existing School Hall was going to be removed in order to build a New Wing. In the night, |
| 2002 | The reconstruction of the old Hall
started, the construction of the New Wing was in progress. |
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| 2003 | St. Francis Xavier's School, T.W. The 40th Anniversary Happy Birthday!! |
St. Francis Xavier's School, Tsuen Wan
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