Yuen School, was erected on the south of Fong Yuen Study Hall in 1950s. The old school was nicknamed as “Senior Fong Yuen” and the new one known as “Junior Fong Yuen”. Since then they made a remarkable contribution to the education in Ma Wan until they were closed.
Fong Yuen Study Hall is the only surviving pre-war school on the island illustrating Ma Wan’s educational development in the old days, and the transformation from study halls to modern village schools in the New Territories. In 2013, it was revitalised into the Tourism & Chinese Cultural Centre cum Ma Wan Residents Museum under Batch I of the Revitalising Historic Buildings Through Partnership Scheme launched by Development Bureau. The site has been taken over by the Government since 2017.
Fong Yuen Study Hall is a rectangular two-storey building combining Chinese and Western architectural styles. The forecourt and the garden are surrounded by low walls with an arched gateway. The detached building is of Chinese Eclectic style and constructed of granite gable walls to support its pitched roof. The front façade of the ground floor is recessed with a balcony above. An open balcony at first floor is fenced with geometric pattern balustrades. A parapet wall is at the roof end with a pediment in the middle. The name of the study hall is moulded on the wall with petal and geometric interlocking patterns on both sides. The semi-circular pediment is decorated with flower pattern topped with a ball and flanked with a short post.