Salvation Army Thomson Memorial Youth Hostel
Architect: Mr. G. D. Su
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The Salvation. Army Thomson Memorial Youth Hustel was officially declared open by the Hon. RR Todd, Secretary for Chinese Affairs on the 18th November
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"Tommy Thomson had an endear- Ing personality and a capacity for making friends with all classes and all races of people. He was the type
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During his opening address, Mr. Todd sald ́ "On January 5th, 1952. the Civil Service, and Indeed the whole Colony, was shocked to hear of the
da Malumath at the sudden death, after a compuratively short illness and at the early age of for his work with this Planning Cali 47, of Walter Mestis Thomson. Tum- and for the British Military Adminis- my Thomson, as he was known to
Erathon. Iri Hongkong immediately all of his friends, first came to this after the war, that he will be best Colony as a young cadet in 1929 remembered. He arrived here, in the of person who prefers to get things After passing his examinations in unfamiliar gülst of Coinmel Thomson, done by personal contact Chinese ti hald. in the usual way on September & 1945. to be the happter gilting problems thrashed with 11s cadets. variis posts In Deputy Chief Civil Affairs Officer our round a conference tabin rather various Government departments, onder Brigutter D.M. MacDougall, than by writing lengthy minutes or Fortunately he was away from the who was the Chief Civi Affairs by protracted currespondence He Colony on leave when the Paolfir war Officer These two old colleagues and knw Hongkong and the pample of broke out at the end of 1941, he was friends proved to be a wonderful Hongkong, with all their social pro- thos spared for the excellent work team uni played a very lurge part in plems, well and be had a geniline which be did for the British Colonies Setting Hongkong his feet galt sympathy for the onderdug Supply Mission lu Ameries until he alter the dark years of the Japanese was attached, about the middle of occupation 1841, co of Hingkong Planning Unit In London. II venture tu say
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"Il is not surprising, therefore, that very soon after his death a group of "When Civil Government
Mr. Thomson's friends in a meet- reinstated in May, 1948, Mr Thomsen ine in the Cosmus Club—a Club which continued to phy prominent part was one of his favourites hanols and In the rehabilitation of the Colong in the wandalwn of which, I believe, As Director of Supplies, Trade and he played a prominent part-and Industry and later as Director of decided to perpetuate his memory by Commerce and Industry. After pening a fund which would be used transfer to Nigeria which lasted just over a year, he returned to Hongkong in July, 1948 and held the important post of Defence Secretary from Jurie 1950 unrl! his untimely death.
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for some tharitable purpose. A com- mitter was elected to sponsor the Fund and it was decided that the Social Welfare Officer should be asked to make the Anal decision as: to, how The money might best be spent. IL was clear that the project had zu be of a kind which did not heed tai bes Contimously administered
administered by the Committer, and bearing this in mind curtain constdaratius amerged The Memorial should take the Inrm of one hele project with which the dator of Mr Thumsum could be as- soclated it should be as permanent as possible: It should serve a prae- feli purpose in the field of socini wel- fari and sing there would be no scurce of recurrent funds, the prolect should be one which would ether 10n itself or engut by handen over to A relfahlu permanent agency.
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Fund should be used to build and quip a hostel for working bays, thus Implementing A recommendation which had been made some time previously by the Standing Cun- ference of Youth Organisations, but which it had not så fær been possible