It accepting only the top scorers in the national Comprehensive Assessment Program for Junior High School Students.

The school is famous for the traditions it maintains, including the uniform of a green shirt and black skirt/black trousers, carried over from air-raid days.

The green was initially used to distinguish the school from the Presidential Office (which was located directly across the street) during air raids.

The MB has repeatedly won first prize in the national wind music competition for senior and vocational high schools.

The TFG MBHGCG organizations have also ventured overseas, including performing in Singapore (1981), South Africa (1986), Beijing (1992), Nanjing (1992), Shanghai (1992), California's Rose Parade (1996, 2005, 2023), Edinburgh (1999), Glasgow (1999), Austria (2012), France (2013) and Canada (2024).

Within the brand new Shue Chu Library building are IT facilities together with abundant reading materials, audio-visual headsets and Internet access.

The school also encompasses an auditorium, conference rooms, a heated indoor swimming pool, and a subterranean parking lot.