Since 1912
Established by the Anglican Church over a century ago, St. John's College was the first residential hall of the University of Hong Kong. While the campus has evolved over time, its history of nurturing virtuous leaders who serve wider society continues to be the College's mission.
As Bishop R. O. HALL, one of the College’s earliest advocates, wrote in 1965 –
“Our concern here on this hillside must be always to ensure that graduate members of the University have been infected in their undergraduate days, by tone, temper, and practice, of a faculty with a deep and humane concern for mankind.”
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Once an Anglican mission hostel attached to HKU
1910s
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St. John’s Hall after the war
1940s
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St. John’s College residents
1950s
Construction of the Marden Wing
1954
Foundation stone of the Marden Wing was laid and the construction was completed in the following year.
Historic visit from Archbishop
1959
The Archbishop of Canterbury visited the College
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Capturing the Malayan Cup
1960s
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College life in the 2000s
2000s
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St. John’s College residents, 2019-2020
2020
“…the character of students no less than their intellectual faculties”