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THE CHINA MAIL,
THE "ALICE MEMORIAL" IN BONHAM ROAD
The sale of the out-patient Dis- ploneors will be hung up in a room pensary in Hollywood-road, which of the Madical Faculty of The, we hope to effect in the near Hong Kong University to serve as future, will give a nucleus of a reminder to Medical Students of about $50,000 towards the erec- the noble example they have sat tion of the first Nethersole block, for them to follow. (Applause.) FORMALLY OPENED
and we hope that the remainder For the remembranes of the labe. Yesterday afternoon His Excel.of the moneys required will be sir Kai Ho Kai and Lady Ho Kai |their portraits—which are now be lency the Governor (Sir Cecil forthcoming before long. Clementi, K.C.M.G.) formally "In concluding, I heartily thanking done by a London Artist-will opened the new Alice Memorial your Excellency for your kindness be hung up on these walls when Hospital in Bonham-road. There in coming here this afternoon to they arrive from England. was a large gathering present in-perform the Opening Ceremony." eluding the Hon. Sir HenryApplause), Pollock, Kt., K.C., the Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow, Kt., the Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton, the Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewall, C.M.G., LL.D., the Hon. Dr. S. W Tso, LL.D., the Rev. C. Dixon Cousins, the Rev. H. R. Wella, Mr. T. N. Chau and Mr. Kwok Siu-laú,
GOVERNOR'S SPEECH
Replying, Hls Excellency said; "Sir Henry Pollock, Ladies and Gentlemen:
"We are greatly indebted to Dr. Gibson for planning this Hospital over which he had spent a good deal of time and taken a vast amount of trouble. We are sorry that he is not here to-day to take part in the opening ceremony. We thank also 'our Architects, Messrs. "It has been a very, great plea- Little, Adam and Woods, for their sure to me this afternoon to open sound advices from time to time His Excellency, who arrived the new Alice Memorial Hospital. for the construction of this builde Chung promptly at 3.30 p.m., was receiv- I have known the old Alice ing and our contractors, ed by a Guard of Honour com-Memorial Hospital for many years, Lee, for the efficient and workman posed of nurses of the Alice and admire greatly the work tiks manner in carrying out the Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals, which it did.
atructural work. note- "This Institution is a After H.E, had opened the main
"To have also to thank the sup door, the gathering proceeded to worthy embodiment of the success, porters of our Hospitals, both the out-patient waiting room, which habitually attends in this European and Chinese alike, for where Sir Henry Pollock, Chair-Colony on co-operation between the strong support they have given man of the Hospitals, addressed Chinese and Britishers. The name us from year to year. We are ad- [the gathering. Humaid:—–
of the hospital commemorates the ministering to the poor and need
"Your Excellency has gracious wife of Sir Kai Ho Kai, who for a good deal of money to carry on ly consented to be present to-day many years represented the Chin-the work. We feel sure that wo to declare this new building open. esa community of Hong Kong in can depend on them for their con- The building represents a feature the Legislative Council, and who tinued support.
of life in the Colony in which we was himself a doctor of unusual "We are extremely grateful to are assured that you take the attalamenta, in that he had Madame Wu Ting-fang for her greatest interest. Apart from the studied not only western medical manificent donation of $5,000 -to- fact of its being a Hospital intend- science, but also the Chinese phar-wards the equipment fund, also to ed to help and to heal the sick,macopoeia. By the collaboration all those who have contributed to it stands as a monument of good-‡ of Dr. Ho Kai, as then was, with that fund; for without equipment will between the Chinese and non- the London Missionary Society, the hospital could scarcely com- Chinese, bearing witness to united this hospital came into being; mence its work of usefulness. service rendered by the two sec-and it worked for all poor, sick "On behalf of the Hospital Com- tions of the community working people in this Colony, irrespective mittee I thank Your Excellency together. In this service many of race or creed. Then, as the again for your kindness in per- honoured names may be recalled, Colony grew, so the necessity for forming the Opening Ceremony.” but perhaps few have given great-additions to the original structure (Applause.) er assistance to this Hospital than the late Mr. Chau Siu-ki and the late Mr. P. H. Holyoak. (AP plause).
"The work was begun forty- eight years ago by Dr. W. Young, a local medical practitioner, at a Dispensary held in buildings lent by the London Missionary Society, and he devoted much time and at- tention to the relief of sickness amongst the Chinese,
became apparent: and the hospital His Excellency and the visitors has now been enirely rebuilt, its then made a tour of inspection over sphere of usefulness being there the new building.
by considerably enlarged.
CHARING CROSS
BRIDGE PROBLEM AND HIGH LEVEL VIADUCTS
The Nethersole Hospital "I should like to take this op portunity of commending to the Colony the scheme fer renewal of the Nethersole Hospital also. The Nethersole Hospital, like the Alice Memorial Hospital, has served its At a meeting of the Surveyors' purpose in the past, but the pre-Institution Mr. A. Norman Garrard, Sirent condition of the building de- hon. secretary, read "Some Notes on mands that it should be rebuilt the Charing-cross Bridge Problem." and that much, batter use should. be made of the valuable site on were met from the Road Fund, he which it stands. I hope the day said, the burden falling on the rates may not be far distant when a would be about twice the estimated ceremony such as I have performed total cost of a new Waterloo Bridga to-day in connection with the capable of taking six lines of traffic, As to the removal of the railway Alice Memorial Hospital may also station to the other side of the be performed in connection with river, if this were done fares might the Netherapie Hospital.
not be reduced, though the great
Even if three-fourths of the cost
The Former Building Dr. Ho Kai (afterwards Kai Ho Kai) was impressed with the nature of this service, and ap. proached the London Missionary Society for their co-operation in the erection of a Hospital building, for which he secured funds. The building was named after his late wife, "The Alice Memorial Hos. pital," Such a lasting memorial built for the service of humanity is a form of philanthropy which "Meanwhile, I heartily con-majority of the passengers would be might with advantage be emul-gratulate all those who have par-deposited at a greater distance from ated.
ficipated in the work which is their destination. Many important "The work grow, and the Lon-happily accomplished to-day, and considerations would weigh with don Missionary Society provided in this connection I recall with the railway company. The present a Superintendent and Matron, and very great pleasure the services atation was limited in extent, and gave the site adjoining this build rendered by the late Mr. Chau Siu-by its Act of 1917 the company was ing for the erection of the Nether- ki and the late Mr. Holyoak to the prohibited from extending it; the sole Hospital. The Ho Miu Ling old hospital and the generous bridge would be expensive to widen and Alice Memorial Maternity donation of Madame Wu Ting-for to reconstruct; the platforms Hospital were built later, and fang to the new hospital.
wera anly capable of taking trains these Hospitals collectively are "Each improvement of the hoa-of limited length, and the restricted now known as the Alice Memorial pital accommodation in Hong Kong area made working slow and ex- and Affiliated Hospitals.
brings with it some alleviation of pensive. The fact that in the "In connection with this Hospi-human suffering. It is a matter majority of cases the same fares tal the Hong Kong College of wherein private and public enter- and season ticket rates were charg- Medicine was carried on for many prise vie with each other in a lauded to Charlag-cross as to Water years, until its incorporation withable emulation which will, loo-Junction indicated that a curtail-
line would the University; it may therefore trust, never rest content until the munt of the be said to have been the basis of provision for the sick and suffer necessarily result in a correspond-
ling loss of net revenue. one of the Faculties of the Univer- ing in this Colony is as good as, sity.
if not better than, such provision anywhere else in the world."
Friend of the Chinese
not
It was a matter for consideration whether the suggested "high level" "Another branch of service ren- dered by these Hospitals was the
viaducts afforded the best means of training of nurses, and some of After the Dedicatory Prayer had and whether, having regard to the dealing with street. Intersectiona, those who were trained here are boon offered by Rev. C. Dixon cost, an adequate system of "round- now rendering valuable service in Cousins, of the London Mission-abouts" at street intersections was many parts of the Colony, both inary Society, the Hon. Dr. S. W. not a more satisfactory method of
our own and other Hospitals, and in their calling as midwives.
Better Site
Tso (Deputy Chairman) address dealing with the problem. Ing the gathering said:
"Your Excellency, Ladies and Gentlemon: -'..
"The original Alice Memorial Hospital was situated in Holly- "I am sure every one of us pre- wood-road, and a former Gov-sent is, most grateful to His Ex- ernor expressed his views on the cellency for his kindness in com- desirability of a change of site, ing here to-day to perform the as its position rendered it a most Opening Ceremony of this new unsuitable place for the treat-Alice Memorial Hospital. Hig Ex- ment of the sick. Some years cellency is not only a good friend ago the site was sold, and with the but also an old friend to the Chin proceeds of that sale the present ese. He takes the greatest inter building has been erected. The es in all things nich would do amount of money obtained by the good to the Chinese Community. Keep Your Baby Lovely sale was sufficient for the putting "Sir Henry Pollock, in address. up of this new building, but aing His Excellency: just now, has
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Forty years ago, few Chinese, tive of their stomach and intestinal themselves to anye Western method when sick, would are to entrust troubles.
This new building is only a part of a larger scheme for the rebuilding of the Nethersole Hos- pital.
of medical treatment. But now,
The special features of this besides the Alice Memorial and block are an Out-patient Waiting Affiliated Hospitals there are
Baby's Own Tablets
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The
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