St. John's Cathedral Hall / Old Hall / Li Hall [1921- ]
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Submitted by David on Mon, 2014-06-16 17:57
Current condition:
In use
Date Place completed:
1921-01-31
Page 5 of Hong Kong Daily Press, 1921-02-01, reports:
The new Cathedral Hall, an admirably designed building in keeping with the Cathedral which it adjoins, was formally opened yesterday by His Excellency the Governor, and used immediately afterwards for the annual meeting of the Cathedral seatholders and subscribers.
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![Gladdon [c.1929- ]](https://old.gwulo.com/sites/gwulo.com/files/styles/medium/public/thumbnails/image/img_20210131_1331041.jpg?itok=WFkQlgP5 "Gladdon [c.1929- ]")
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Cathedral Hall > Old Hall > Li Hall
Stuart Wolfendale traces the hall's changing names on p.269 of his book about the history of the cathedral, Imperial to International:
June Li and her husband, Fook Hing, were in the forefront of private donors to St John's. In honour of this, the building that had variously been referred to as the cathedral hall or the old hall was formally named the Li Hall. This was not for any particular gift to that recent project. The Lis gave prodigiously to the Church church [sic.] in many directions over the years. It is fair to say that, if they had not brought their generosity to the replacing of the roof a decade before, the congregation would long ago have been sitting amidst fallen debris in puddles of rain.