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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH JULY, 1878. ·
On the 14th instant, the present Committee will, according to the rules of the Hospital, retire from their Office, but will assist the new Committee in the discharge of their duties by taking the places of Sub-directors.
The Honourable J. M. PRICE,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
LEONG ON, Chairman of the Committee.
(Enclosure.)
The following is a summarised account of His Excellency The Governor's Visit to the Tung Wah Hospital on the 8th February, 1878.
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THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO THE TUNG WAH HOSPITAL.
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y, on behaof the Chinese in this hall. I community of Hongkong. We are here to receive and welcome Your Excellency may be permitted to say that we have represented every class of the Chinese community. gentlemen here represent the Committee of this Hospital, Merchants, Compradores, Shopkeepers, and, in fact, every trade and profession in this Colony. We have thought it advisable to commit what we have to say on this occasion to writing, and to consider it well before doing so. That being the case, Your Excellency may take this address, which we shall have the honour to present to you, as expressing not only our own views, who are here, but the unanimous sentiment of the Chinese community. This address is in two parts; one part is in Chinese and the other part is in English. The latter is a free translation of the first, and, with Your Excellency's permission, we shall read the Chinese part first, and then I shall follow by reading the English part. I will now call upon my Chinese friend to read the Chinese part.
Mr. WONG KWAN TONG then read the address in Chinese.
Mr. NG CHOY then read the English translation, which is as follows:----
"To His Excellency JOHN POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G., Governor, and Commander-in-Chief of the
Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, &c., &c., &c.
“MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY,--We on behalf of the Chinese Community of Hongkong are grateful to Your Excellency for the honour you have done us by paying a visit here on this occasion. The Colony has been established now for about 36 years, and this Hospital for 9 years, but we believe it is the first instance in the history of Hongkong of a Governor making a formal call on the Chinese on the occasion of their New Year.