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  2. Main Building of the University of Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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    The Main Building was built with donations by Sir Hormusjee Naorojee Mody and construction began in 1910. The buillding was inaugurated on 11 March 1912, and the foundation stone was laid on 16 March of the same year by the then Governor of Hong Kong Sir Frederick Lugard (later as Lord Frederick Lugard).

  3. Campuses of the University of Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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    The university lends its name to HKU station, the main public transport access to the campus (and the Lung Fu Shan and Shek Tong Tsui neighbourhoods), opened on 28 December 2014. The Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine is situated 4.5 km [ clarification needed ] southwest of the main campus, in the Southern District near Sandy Bay and Pok Fu Lam .

  4. University of Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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    In 2018/19, the Research Grants Council (RGC) granted HKU a total research funding of HK$12,127 million (41.3% of overall RGC funding), which was the highest among all universities in Hong Kong. [67] HKU professors were among the highest paid in the world as well, having salaries far exceeding those of their US counterparts in private ...

  5. University Hall, University of Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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    The Douglas Castle. The castle itself was established by Douglas Lapraik, a Scottish trader who made his wealth with shipbuilding and dock renting. [3] Douglas talent for business opportunities soon made him one of the richest people in Hong Kong at his time and inspired him to improve his living conditions in line with the standards of a Tai Pan in Hong Kong.

  6. University Museum and Art Gallery, Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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    The University of Hong Kong Museum Society (HKUMS) was established in 1988 by Mrs. Margaret Wang, whose husband Dr. Wang Gungwu was Vice-Chancellor of the HKU from 1986 to 1996. Since then, HKUMS, a non-profit organization whose role has been to provide support to the UMAG, has become a vital force in the promotion of art and culture in the ...

  7. Accommodation at the University of Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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    Old Halls is a collective name of Lugard Hall, Eliot Hall and May Hall given in 1969. It was closed in 1992. The first residential hall under the university's direct management was Lugard Hall, which opened in 1913 and was originally named University Hall (not to be confused with the later University Hall purchased in 1956).

  8. Shek Tong Tsui - Wikipedia

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    HKU station of the West Island line, an extension of the existing MTR Island line, serves this area. The major roads in Shek Tong Tsui are the western ends of Des Voeux Road West and Queen's Road West, Hill Road and part of Pok Fu Lam Road. Connaught Road West is the major access road. Hill Road is a "double decker" road taking traffic downhill ...

  9. St. John's College, University of Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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    Assisted HKU in drawing up the hall regulations. Went on furlough in 1914, and when he returned in 1915, he was transferred to St. Stephen's College as Warden (the equivalent of Principal), a position he held for 13 years till 1928. Acting Herbert Westren Turnbull, Esq., M.A. (1885-1961) 1914-1915 Lecturer in Mathematics at HKU.