EILLE
CHEE-LIN
ORPHANAGE
AND
HOME
FOR THE
AGED
DIAMOND HILL
Architect:-
Mr. N. J. Chien
Architect's drawing of the project, with plan of the buildings
below.
On the lower slopes of Diamond Hill quired for the project, complications arose. company was formed to take over the
there is now in course of erection a group of buildings which will house one of the many charitable efforts of the Buddhist Association of Hong Kong. The scheme is a home for female aged and an orphanage for girls which will, when com- pleted, accomodate and fifty children.
one
hundred
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women
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It appeared that the original land was purchased by Mr. Chee-lin. who was the head monk of the order there, in his own name. Chee-lin died during the war, and there were some difficulty in transferring the title to this land.
whole property and to develop the arca thus obtained from them.
Mr. Aw Boon-Haw had promised a very generous sum of Over $200,000 for the development of the project, but when he died there was a question whether this money was forthcoming. However, Mrs. Mr. H. Y. Wong, who is the Principal Aw Boon-Haw agreed to carry out the These buildings will be erected adjacent of the Buddhist School at the Temple at wishes of her husband, and this money to the existing Chee-lin Nunnery, Shan Kwong Road and the Chairman of was made available for the project. about 100,000 sq. ft. of land. Part of the Buddhist Association, was in charge this land was purchased before the war, of the new project and as a result of his and included a smail area of building land efforts, negotiations were successfully com- with a large garden lot attached to it. pleted whereby the conversion of the gar- When the Committee started to negotiate den lot and the acquisition of the addi- single storey structures, but part of the with Government after the war for the tional land was arranged with Government orphans' building will have a lower ground conversion of this garden lot into a build- who made the necessary concessions free ing site, and for additional ground re- of cost to the Association. A limited
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BEDE
STAFT
CORRIDOR
BEDS BEDS BEDS
DRAWING
READING
DINING
25 BEDS
25
DEPS
WARD
VARD
LIVING AREA
25 BROS
DINING
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SYT.
PLAN AT LOWER LEVEL
STREAM
55
KIT.
The scheme comprises two buildings, one to house the orphans and the other to Both will be accommodate the aged.
floor where the slope of the hill will per- mit it. In this lower ground floor there will be situated a large combined dining room and reading or play room, kitchen and office. Lavatories and washrooms and a servants' room will also be located here.
The main part of the building, which will be on the same level as the other building, will be L-shaped about a beauti- ful pagoda built many years ago. Here there will be six dormitories with total accommodation for fifty beds, a sitting room and a staff room.
The aged women will be housed in four dormitories, each containing twenty-five beds, which will project as parallel wings from a main connecting section which will be the living and dining area. A fifth wing will really be the assembly hall. On ordinary occasions it will be the drawing room, but the chapel is situated at one end and so this section will be the re- ligious as well as the social focus of the inmates' activities.
Everything has been planned to make it comfortable and pleasant for old people, without their having to move around too much.