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.
Re: HKU Chinese Department 1920s
Hi wann,
Below is a link to a Chinese article about the HKU days of Dr. LAI Tsi-hsi (賴際熙):
http://sinologicalresearch.web.fc2.com/paper/no3/papers/27.pdf
early HKU's Chinese department
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.