The emblem of the University of Hong Kong was drawn up according to the suggestion of the British Arms College, and it was given the current coat of arms and school motto on May 4, 2003. As early as 19 12 10, the University of Hong Kong has already mentioned the design of heraldic in its letter to heraldic college. Unfortunately, it is impossible to verify who the designer of the badge is, but it is speculated that it should be a European who is familiar with heraldry. From the design of the badge, we can see the expectations of the early university founders for HKU, hoping to develop the university into a university combining Chinese and western. 198 1 year, the university of hong kong celebrated its seventieth anniversary. at the same time, the university applied to the heraldry college for a complete set of university heraldry, adding some animal shapes including crowns and supporting shields. This application was approved by the college on 1984. With this approval, the University of Hong Kong has become the only university in Hong Kong with a complete coat of arms, which shows the long history of the university.
The University of Hong Kong, formerly known as the Hong Kong College of Western Medicine, was founded in 1887. Dr. Sun Yat-sen is studying medicine here. At that time, western powers scrambled to set up universities in China. At that time, Governor Lu Ya thought that Britain should also set up a university in Hong Kong to compete with other powers, so that China people (especially Hong Kong people) could identify with British values, not those of other powers, so that Britain could expand its influence in South China and consolidate its governance in Hong Kong. At that time, the governors of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao and the industrial and commercial circles in Hong Kong also thought that the establishment of universities would help China people learn western technology and make China self-reliant, so they gave money to support it. On the other hand, at that time, an industrial accident occurred on a cargo ship owned by Swire Company, which caused many casualties among China crew members. Therefore, in order to repair the company image, it also supports the establishment of HKU. With the support of the British government and other British investors in Hong Kong (such as HSBC), Lu Ya finally raised enough funds to establish a university, and even presided over the groundbreaking ceremony of the university on March 6, 2000 19 16, advocating the University of Hong Kong? On behalf of China? . HKU was founded in 19 1 1 year, and the official founding ceremony was held in 19 12. Lu Ji thought that China society at that time was not suitable for contacting with western humanistic values (such as the concept of capitalism). At first, the university imitated the system of Liverpool University, emphasizing science and engineering while ignoring humanities. Therefore, only three colleges, namely, Medical College, Engineering College and Liberal Arts College, were established, among which humanities courses such as sociology and philosophy were not offered. 19 16 The first graduation ceremony was held in February, with 23 graduates and 5 honorary graduates. 1925-26 After the Guangdong-Hong Kong general strike, in order to further communicate Chinese and Western cultures, the government convened local gentry and businessmen to discuss the establishment of a Chinese department in the University of Hong Kong, so as to admit China secondary school graduates. HKU Chinese Department was founded in 1927, and is taught by former Hanlin Lai Jixi and District Dadian. In addition, Deng Zhi 'ang, a wealthy businessman, donated money to set up a Chinese college and fung ping shan donated money to set up a Chinese library, which set off a wave of attaching importance to Chinese education. 194 1 year, the headquarters building was bombed and closed down due to the fall of Hong Kong, 1945 resumed business. After the war, with the needs of society, science schools, law schools and social science schools were established one after another. The number of students in 196 1 is 2000, which is four times that of 194 1. After 1989, the government implemented the localization of tertiary education, so that most Hong Kong people did not have to go to the UK to study in universities, and prepared for the transfer of sovereignty to China, greatly increasing the number of university degrees and courses. This has doubled the number of college students in Hong Kong, with 200614,300. There are more than 100 courses. After the transfer of sovereignty, although it was troubled by the administrative turmoil of the school several times, the university gradually shifted from focusing on teaching to paying equal attention to teaching and scientific research, and increased academic exchanges with universities and scientific research institutions at home and abroad. Many achievements have been made in medical research (such as SARS virus research), and several laboratories have also obtained it. People's Republic of China (PRC) State Key Laboratory? Title.
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