The University of Hong Kong（The Exterior of the Tang Chi Ngong Building）

    Tang Chi-ngong was a native of Nanhai, Guangdong. He came to Hong Kong to do business in the late nineteenth century on his own and founded Tang Tin Fook Bank, one of the few Chinese-funded local banks. Tang was a philanthropist. He served as chairman of Tung Wah Hospital and was among the first Chinese to be appointed a Justice of the Peace.
　　In the 1920s, Chinese merchants advocated Chinese education, and thus leading to the establishment of the School of Chinese at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 1927. Tang Chi-ngong then donated all the funds for the construction of a building for the School of Chinese to preserve the quintessence of Chinese culture and promote research on the Chinese classics. The building, completed in 1931, was named after him. Subsequently, Chinese associations, prompted byTang Chi-ngong, donated 200,000 Hong Kong dollars to the School of Chinese to promote Chinese as the medium of instruction for teaching.
　　The Tang Chi Ngong Building is a three-storey structure featuring iconic Shanghai plaster exterior. The names of the graduates from 1932 to 1962 are written with gold paint on the wooden plaques on both sides of the main lobby. The first entry on the list of 1932 graduates is Fung Ping-wah, the son of Fung Ping-shan, another major benefactor of the School of Chinese of HKU. All mentioned on the plaques are renowned scholars, such as Professors Lau Din-cheuk and Jin Ying-xi.
　　The winding path outside Tang Chi Ngong Building leads to a stone gateway of Tang Chi Ngong School of Chinese of HKU on Bonham Road. On the gateway is a set of couplets which tells the mission of the School of Chinese, encouraging students to pursue achievements in both personal and academic endeavours.
　　Opening Hours of Jao Tsung-I Petite Ecole:
　　Monday to Friday 10am-5pm.
　　Closed on Saturdays, Sundays &University/Public Holidays.
　　All visitors to HKU campus should make an online reservation to visit the campus up to 14 days in advance. No registration is needed for entry on public holidays in Hong Kong,Saturdays, Sundays, or weekdays before 8am or after 6:30pm.
　　For updated information on tourist flow management and to make reservations, please visit HKU’s website: https://www.hku.hk/visitors/visiting-hku.html.
　　For interior visits, please refer to the website of Jao Tsung-I Petite Ecole:https://www.jaotipe.hku.hk/.
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Tang Chi Ngong Building, The University of Hong Kong, 2002.©Antiquities and Monuments Office

Wooden plaques on both sides of the main lobby written with the names of graduates of early years, 2022.©Antiquities and Monuments Office

Stone gateway of Tang Chi Ngong School of Chinese of The University of Hong Kong, 2003.©Antiquities and Monuments Office