Accommodation at the University of Hong Kong
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This page describes residential halls, colleges and residences at the University of Hong Kong (HKU).
Residential halls
St. John's College
The university's first hall of residence, St. John's Hall, was built by the Church Missionary Society in late 1912. It has been a tradition of the hall to hold High Table Dinner every week since its introduction in 1916. This custom was subsequently taken up by other halls. St. John's Hall housed male students until the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. The original site is now occupied by St. Paul's College.
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