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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).
HKU buildings are some of the few remaining examples of British colonial architecture in Hong Kong. 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 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 ...
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Pokfulam, Hong Kong.It was founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese by the London Missionary Society and formally established as the University of Hong Kong in 1911.
No. Portrait President Took office Left office Note 1 Sir Charles Eliot: 1912 1918 2 G. P. Jordan: 1918 1921 Acting 3 Sir William Brunyate: 1921 1924 4 Sir William Hornell: 1924
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.
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).
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.