Over 170 years, thousands have come and gone through our doors. We are glad to have received many fine young minds; even more so to see them blossom into people of talent, who lead their respective fields and serve with passion. This is a small selection among the teachers, learned men, artists, craftspeople, and merchants who have crossed paths with St. Paul’s College, whose dedication and spirit continue to inspire us.

城中先驅．啟迪後賢 聖保羅書院創校逾一百七十年，一直致力作育英才。保羅舊生在不同專業領域擔當領袖角色，建設城市、貢獻國家、走向世界。是次展覽把本校的「城中先驅」分為師、士、藝、工、商五大類別作介紹，盼能啟迪莘莘學子承傳人文精神，發揮所長，奉獻社會。

Tam Shiu Hong (aka Tam Sze Nin)

譚肇康（譚時秊）

(1875–1961)

Class of 1899 - Titan of Hong Kong’s Early-20th-Century Infrastructure Projects

1899屆畢業 — 二十世紀香港基建泰斗

譚肇康爲廣東新會人，在一八九八至九九年間就讀聖保羅書院。譚氏一生主領香港多項二十世紀初基建計劃，於一九二〇年創辦香港建造商會（一九二二年曾任主席），又於一九〇六年加入同盟會，曾效力革命。

書院畢業後，譚氏決定投身工程界，北赴大連學習。返港後，譚氏於一九〇六年加入同盟會，爲籌餉委員，負責會計稽核等。一九一一年四月黃花崗起義失敗後，譚氏爲一眾收殮者之一，冒死爲七十二烈士合葬。民初時曾獲推舉從政，譚氏婉拒並決定獻生於建築業。

譚氏在一九一一年及一九二二年分別創立永利建築公司及裕利建築公司，包辦多項大型發展項目，包括：

• 中環牛奶公司倉庫擴建（一九一〇年代施工，二〇〇九年獲評爲一級歷史建築）

• 香港電燈北角發電廠（一九一九年竣工，一九八〇年代重建爲城市花園）

• 中華電力鶴園發電廠（一九二一年竣工，一九九一年拆卸，重建爲海逸豪園）

• 置地告羅士打行大廈（一九三二年竣工，一九七七年拆卸，今爲置地廣塲一部份）

• 掃桿埔孔聖堂（一九三五年竣工，二〇二〇年獲評爲一級歷史建築）

• 香港官立高級工業學院（一九三六年竣工，位於活道，爲「灣仔紅磚屋」之一，一九八八年拆卸，學院爲理工大學前身）。

譚氏同時熱心公益，在壬申年（一九三二至三三年）曾任東華三院首總理，於甲戌年（一九三四至三五年）曾任保良局首總理。

Tam Shiu Hong was born in Xinhui, and studied at St. Paul’s College between 1898 and 1899. Tam founded the Hong Kong Construction Association in 1920 (which he chaired in 1922) and led many of the city’s early–twentieth-century infrastructure projects. Having joined the Tongmenghui in 1906, Tam also left a mark in modern Chinese history.

After graduating from the College, Tam chose to enter construction, first honing his craft in Russian-held Dalniy (today Dalian). Returning to Hong Kong, he joined the Tongmenghui in 1906, and was assigned to internal bookkeeping work. Following the failed Second Guangzhou Uprising (April 1911), Tam was one of the people who risked life and limb to rebury the uprising’s seventy-two martyrs. Although Tam was offered a position in Sun’s new government, he declined, preferring instead to focus on construction projects.

With his two companies, Wing Lee & Co. and Yee Lee & Co., Tam was awarded multiple large-scale building contracts, including:

• Extensions to the Dairy Farm Depot (1910s; the building was awarded Grade 1 status in 2009);

• The North Point power station (Hongkong Electric, completed 1919, rebuilt as City Gardens in the 1980s);

• The Hok Un power station (CLP, completed 1921, demolished 1991, rebuilt as Laguna Verde);

• The Gloucester Building in Central (completed 1932, demolished 1977, now part of Landmark);

• The Confucius Hall in So Kon Po (completed 1935, awarded Grade 1 status in 2020);

• The Government Trade School on Wood Road, in Wan Chai (completed 1936, the forerunner to the Polytechnic University; popularly known as the ‘red brick house’, demolished 1988); and so on.

Tam was also a philanthropist, having served on the boards of Tung Wah Hospital (1932–33 lunar year) and Po Leung Kuk (1934–35 lunar year).

Press above for the 3D Tit Kong Campus Model created by SPC Heritage

按上圖連結多角度立體圖

位於下亞厘畢道的 “敬畏上主石碑”， 刻有“聖保羅書院” 及舊校訓 “恭敬天主， 愛人入己” 於護土墙上