Po Leung Kuk Museum

Po Leung Garden

The lush greenery maintained in front of the Main Building has been providing a secluded and tranquil retreat in the bustling environment for its residing children. With the King Yin Pavilion inspired by Chinese Renaissance architectural style set against the Western-style Main Building in the background, the duo embodies the essence of East meets West in Hong Kong.

Po Leung Garden

Compare to the former headquarters on Po Yan Street, Sheung Wan, the Causeway Bay headquarters enjoys a greater space. A garden is included in the headquarters to provide adequate recreational space for the children without the need to leave their homes.

King Yin Pavilion

To commemorate the 80th anniversary of Po Leung Kuk, the Board of the Kuk chose to erect a Chinese pavilion to compliment the Chinese renaissance architectural style of the Kuk headquarters.

Commemorative Stone of the Opening of Sheung Wan HQ

Between 1896 and 1932, the headquarters of Po Leung Kuk was located on Po Yan Street in Sheung Wan. A commemorative stone was laid on the former HQ at its opening ceremony, but the stone was left behind when the Kuk relocated to Causeway Bay. The original site was returned to Tung Wah Hospital.

Fence Wall

When construing the Po Leung Kuk headquarters, bamboos made of glazed tiles were chosen to as the wall encompassing the site. The base for the bamboos were made of shanghai plaster, a type of cement plaster emerged in East Asia and commonly found in 1930s architectures.

Paifang at Front Gate

The iconic feature of the Po Leung Kuk headquarters compound is its paifang, a Chinese architectural arch, at the front gate. Built in 1932, the paifang features six columns and inscribed with three pairs of Chinese couplets. The couplets were composed by three former scholar officials from the Hanlin Academy of the Qing dynasty – Zhu Ru-zhen, Cen Guang-yue and Wen Su.

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