HUN HING YING BUILDING
Dublin Core
Title
HUN HING YING BUILDING
Description
Built with financial assistance from Sir Paul Chater and Professor G. P. Jordan among others, this building was originally designed to house the student union and was officially opened by the then Governor, Sir Reginald Stubbs, in February 1919. It was temporarily used by the Registry after the Second World War, was later converted into the Senior Common Room in 1974 and housed the Department of Music from 1989 to 2012. The building was named in honour of Mr Hung Hing-ying in 1986 in recognition of his family’s donations to the university. The building is now used as the UNiversity 's Union Building
Creator
N.A.
Date
1919
Contributor
Hong Kong Government
Rights
No Vandalism and looting
Maintain noise and avoid disturbance to the public.
Do not remove or destruct cultural materials.
Read the information attached to its item to avoid misinterpretation.
Observe the guidelines bounded to each site.
Maintain noise and avoid disturbance to the public.
Do not remove or destruct cultural materials.
Read the information attached to its item to avoid misinterpretation.
Observe the guidelines bounded to each site.
Relation
Elliot Hall; May Hall; Main Building of The Unviersity of Hong Kong; City Boundary (Pok Fu Lam); City Boundary (Hatton)
Format
100m^2
Type
Infrastructure (Building and Statue)
Identifier
hku_hunhingyingbuilding
Infrastructure (Building and Statue) Item Type Metadata
Opening Hours
Monday-Sunday: 00:00 - 23:59
Nearest MTR Station and Exit
HKU Exit A2
Walking distance from nearest MTR
240m
Collection
Citation
N.A., “HUN HING YING BUILDING,” The Rajawali Merdeka Digitisation Movement, accessed October 1, 2024, https://learning.hku.hk/ccch9051/group-38/items/show/11.
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