HKU Chinese Department 1920s

Submitted by wann on Mon, 04/22/2013 - 18:39

if you were in HKU's chinese department in the 20s, grateful if you live to see this forum. Chances are that your granddad or a distant relative might have taught or studied there, and talked to you about it, or even left a few photos. It should be late twenties or early thirties as the chinese dept only came into existence around 1927 under the effort of Governor Clementi who was himself extremely knowledgeable in chinese.

thank you "C" for your info. If you've done some research on this area, have you come across any photos of the people who worked, taught, or studied during those early years. as a colonial university, i assume students in those days came from fairly wealthy or well connected families, and some might even own a camera...

if you know them, or if your ancestors were there, they might have left a few photos. These photos should tell the stories behind them.