Tang Chi Ngong Building

Tang Chi Ngong Building is a three-storey flat-roofed building with Shanghai plaster surfacing. It was opened in 1931 and made possible by Mr Tang Chi-Ngong. It was originally used to house the School of Chinese of the University.

The Building is unique in the University for the use of the letter "V" in place of the letter "U" as in "vniversity", reflecting a practice common for Latin stone inscriptions in the 1920s and 1930s. You will find the word "vniversity" appears on the stone arch, the façade, as well as on the stone tablet marking the Building's foundation date.

In 1995, the Building was declared a monument. It now houses the Jao Tsung-I Petite Ecole.


References:

Declared Monuments in Hong Kong: The Exterior of Tang Chi Ngong Building, The University of Hong Kong. (2004). Retrieved 2012, from http://www.amo.gov.hk/en/monuments_58.php

Lam, S. Y., & Sze, J. (2001). University buildings as evidence of the university's growth and development. Past visions of the future: some perspectives on the history of The University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong: University Museum and Art Gallery, the University of Hong Kong