1989 Construction of the Swire Marine Laboratory Foundations being laid at Cape d'Aguilar | ||
1990 Opening of the Swire Marine Laboratory Laboratory and Residence Block
1994 Expansion and renaming as SWIMS Professor Geping Qu, Sir John Swire and HKU Vice-Chancellor Gungwu Wang opening SWIMS
1996 Establishment of Cape d’Aguilar Marine Reserve Hong Kong's one and only marine reserve
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2003 Further renovation & expansion Renovations funded by Swire Group
2007 Establishment under the Faculty of Science, HKU Group photo at an international conference at HKU
2009 Open House Naming Ceremony of 'SWIRE Asterina,' SWIMS research boat | ||
2015 25th Anniversary of SWIMS Group photo at the SWIMS 25th Anniversary Celebration | 2020 Further expansion of SWIMS Celebrations at the Topping Out Ceremony for SWIMS expansion 2021 Re-opening of SWIMS expanded facilities Artist's vision of the new SWIMS laboratory |