Governors
HKU
Important years
Social unrest
Random facts
100

Longest serving and most beloved governor (who majored in History)

Murray MacLehose

100
70s Cantopop legend

Sam Hui

100

Treaty of Nanjing

1842

100
Accelerated reform towards social welfare

1967 Riots

100

The most pressed button in Hong Kong elevators

Close button

200

Adopted moderation towards New Territories village elders

Henry Blake

200
The buying/selling of this substance funded HKU's foundation...

Opium!

200

The year New Territories were leased to Britain

1898

200

Began over a fare dispute

1966 Star Ferry Riots

200

Why HSBC Building added two 'cranes' on their roof facing Bank of China 

Feng shui

300

'Tango dancer' / 'Sinner for a thousand generations'

Chris Patten

300

Major funder with Parsi background

Hormusjee Mody

300

The year Chungking Express was produced

1994

300

Coincided with SARS and Lexusgate

2003 protests against Article 23

300

The meaning of Demae Iccho 出前一丁

Delivery, one order

400

Governed before and after the Japanese Occupation

Mark Young

400

Graduate who is former Chief Executive

Carrie Lam

400

When the UN embargo on China began

1951

400
Social unrest with highest proportion of public participation

1925 Strike-Boycott

400

The American artist from whom Sam Hui drew inspiration

Elvis Presley

500

Dried ducks governor

Alexander Grantham

500

Former building where Haking Wong Building now stands

Anatomy and Physiology Building

500

Museum of Coastal Defence reopening after Typhoon Mangkhut renovation

2022

500

Social unrest that caused most deaths

1956 Riots

500

Drink that Suzie Wong orders in social club

Sherry flip

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