The College was founded under such adversity that the College Emblem did not come about until 1955. Designed by Mr. Wong Cho Chi (1956/Literature and History), it comprises of an image from an excavated Han tomb depicting Confucius consulting Laozi about rituals, with the College motto “Cheng Ming (meaning sincerity and intelligence)" at the center. According to Mr. Wong, the words “Ren Wen (meaning humanities)” were featured in his original design. It was revised to “Cheng Ming” with the advice of Mr. Shen Yanmou. Mr. Wong hence called the Emblem “a product of collective creation”. The College pin used in the Kweilin Street period, donated by Ms. Chow Maylin Beverly (1953/Philosophy and Education), is shown in figures 2 and 3.

In addition to the College Emblem, some departments had also created their own emblems and pins. Commemorative pins from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature in the Farm Road period, donated by Prof. Lee Yun Woon (1964/Fine Arts), can be seen in figures 4 and 5. A flower-shaped design, the Emblem is engraved with the name of the department and the College motto. A smaller rectangular pin with the words “New Asia” was also presented.

Figure 6 shows the pin of the Department of Fine Arts in the Farm Road period, which was also donated by Professor Lee. He recounted in an article in the New Asia Life Biweekly Magazine that after two years of preparation and design, the department emblem was adopted in 1963, and the pin became the souvenir of the graduating class of that year. The Emblem was inspired by a deer-shaped seal from the Han dynasty. Professor Lee elaborated:

“Deer are gentle, peaceful, agile, gregarious, and valuable to humanity. They are the perfect embodiment of the three purposes of art: Truth, Goodness and Beauty.”