THE TUNG WAH HOSPITAL
HISTORY, CONSTITUTION AND
'DIRECTORS
MR. M. K. LO'S ABLE ADDRESS TO ROTARY CLUB
An able and comprehensive review of the activities of the Tung Wah Hospital, an institution which has been working among the poorer classes of the Chinese "community in the Colony for more than sixty years, "was made by Mr. M. E. Lo, at the Botany Club's Inncheon yesterday. Mr. Lo, who himself is a past presi dent of the hospital, brought to light, many facts about the chari- table work done by the hospital that was previously unknown to the non-Chinese community.
The address was followed with great attention by all present and in a speech of thanks, the Hon. Dr. Kolewall voloed the opinion of those present when he said that по оnе could have handled the subject with greater success,"
Owing to pressure or our space wa give the first half of Mr. Lo's address today and the remainder to-morrow..
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28. 1933
ROTARY CLUB'S NEW OFFICERS
TO ASSUME OFFICE NEXT WEEK
The Hon. Dr. B. W. T'so, Presi-" dent of the Rotary Club, will be relinquishing office at the end of this month and the new president, Mr. T. B. Wilson, will take over ou July 1.
Festerday the retiring Chairman, addressing the members of the Club, said:
CANTON NOTES
Government Aid for Kerosene Refineries
(From Our Own Correspondent)
LEAVE TO PRESUME DEATH REFUSED
Chief Justice not Satisfied with Evidence
MAN MIGHT HAVE SWUM ASHORE
The Acling Chief-Justice, Mr. J. R. Wood, yesterday refused the ap plication made by Mr. Leo D'Almada o Castro, junior, for leave to presume the death of a rubber planter named Yap Chod Meow who is alleged to have died by drowning on September 6 last year.
CANTON, June 26. The local authorities are report- ed to be taking steps to aid the native kerosene distilleries, several of which have failed. In the first place, a registration of all such distilleries will be ordered and is to be completed in about a month's time. Particulars regarding the output, prices, coat of production Fellow Rotarians-This is the are to be gathered from those regis last meeting at which I shall pre-tered, when the Government will side as President. The Officers elect proceed with. constructive measures for the coming year will, according to help this new industry which is
China Underwriters Ltd., with to our Club Rules, take office on giving employment to thousands of
workarAfter the registration whom Yap was fasured for 890,000 the 1st of July. I take this oppor had been effected, factories not duly Straits money, opposed the appli tunity of expressing my hearty registered in accordanes with re- cation on the ground that the cir thanks to the retiring Directors, gulations will not be allowed to cumstances of the alleged drown- Secretaries, Treasurer and other operate. Meantime, restriction willing, and the whole question of the members of the various Committers also be placed on the importation identity of the insured person were for the splendid support they have of fuel oil from which kerosene is open to suspicion. given me during my term of office, distilled. Permits will, it is under- Directors of the Tung Wah.
Although during the past year this commodity, while goods below stood, be applied for in importing Europeans in the "Colony must the Club has not launched out any
a specified standard in quality will the basis of all worthy enterprise, į have frequently heard of the frush scheme of public service, it not be allowed to be imported. and as an expression of that ideal¦ Directors of the Tung Wak. In has maintained the spirit of Rot. a Community Service Committee is
ary and good-fellowship and con- in existence, the duty of which is
tinued to support described in the bye-laws in the
ground
the play scheme initiated by following terms: This Committee
tho Club, When the small shall devise and carry into effect plans which will guide and assist
Playground Association was form the members of this Chub in dis
ed, the Club, by resolution, charging their responsibilities in
agreed to support that Association their community relationships.
for a period of three years and to hand over to it our playgrounds for management when it begins to function and I hope members will continue to do their best in helping this new Association.
Mr. M. F. Lo said:—
The first object of Rotary is stated to be the ideal of service as
It seems to me that it is difficult, if not impossible, for this Club to carry out its duties in community) service without knowing something of the existing organisations in terested in community service. I venture to express the hope that, ne day this Club will undertake the task of making a comprehen sive Survey of Community Service Organisations in this Colony. In the meantime, although I cannot pretend to have any expert know. ledge in this matter, I offer a few words on the origin and work of the Chinese hospitals in the hope that they may be of some interest to fellow Betariars, and of some value to the Club ns materials for the Survey if and when it is under- taken.
Incorporated in 1870,
The Tang Wah Hospital was in rporated by the Tung Wah Hes- pital Incorporation Ordinance 1870. Its foundation stone was laut by Sir Richard Macdonnell on April , 1970, and it was opened by the A Governor in the following
year.
The Kwong Wah Hospital was incorporated by the Tung Wah Hospital Extension Ordinance 1911. Under this Ordinance the Kwong Wuh was in effect made a part of' the Tung Wah Hospital, and the directors of the Tung Wah were given the same power of manage. ment and control over the Kwong Wah as they possessed over the Tung Wah. In practice, however, the affairs of the Kwong Wah, were. administered by a local committee, bocally elected, until 1930.
The Tung Wah Eastern Hospita! was opened by His Excellency Sir Cecil Clementi on November 27, 1920, and since its official opening, radii blocks, by way of extension to the Hospital, have been added.
The Tung Wah Hospital Ordi- -nance 1030 was passed on December 12 of that year, and under this Ordinance the management of all the above mentioned three Hospitala is vested in the directors of the Tung Wah, the number of whom shall not be less than 18, and not more than 30, and at least 6 of whom shall be residents of Kow- loon or New Kowloon. They are to be erected annually.
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It may be mentioned, that section 8 (8) expressly provides that the election of directors shall be in accordance with the constitution of the hospital, and that in particular the rights and responsibilities of various societies and guilds in ̈re gard to the election shall remain unsflected. Section 4 sets out the objects of the Tung Wah, as fol
lows:-
(1) The maintenance of, thiefly as free hospitals, the Tung Wah itself, the Tung Wah In- fectious Diseases Hospital, the Kwong Wah Hospital, and the Tung Wah Eastern Hospital.
view of the responsibility of their work, and the honoured tradition of their office, they occupy a highly externed psition in the Chinese community, and "the Chairman for the time being may more or less be regarded as the unofficial mayor of the Chinese community. How fare they elected? What is the procedure of the election? Well, the procedure is shortly as follows:
Diesel 'Buses.
Mr. Eldon Potter, K.C., repre-
dress to the Court drew attention
ented the Insurance Company.
Mr. Potter in his concluding ad-
to the many suspicious CIRCUM- the stances, which characterised The municipal authorities are story of the alleged drowning Ke also consicbring the introduction emphasized the fact that no on into the city of omnibuses with in Kuala Lumpur knew the decens- diesel oil engines, which are more ed. He also drew the Court's at with tention to the fact that the two men who introduced the deceased'" 'to the Insurance Company had not come forward. Pointing to the many loopholes in the story of the applicant, Mr. Potter said: If this is a dishonest attempt to get money out of the insurance Com pany it has been carefully planned
economical than those run gasolene, One of the bus com
panies is reported to have obtained several of the new type of vehicles with which experiments will be carried out, under the supervision If of the municipal authorities. the experiments prove satisfactory, the new vehicles will be put on the
mads of the city.
Hong Kong is a unique place for the large amount of Charitable | ;
Work being carried on here. I MURDER OF AN OLD fell overboard. The second was
In the 8th moon of every year a notice is posted up outside the Hospital, and also in some public place near the old Fire Brigede Station, announcing the fact that the term of office of the directors would soon expire (ie. the end feel sure every member of the Club of the year), and asking the Kaiis, in the same way or other, a sup- Fong to proceed to elect new re- presentatives to serve. The lab porter of some of these Charitable Rotarian M. K. Lo guage of the announcement, like 'Institutions. so many other things connected will presently address-us on the with the Tug Wah, is strictly in Aspect of Chinese Community Ser- accordance with precedent, and is vico, Chinese Hospitals. In this couched is deprecatory terms a respect I feel, sure that every see- to the inability of the current tion of the Community is doing its directors to accomplish anything part in supporting the many Chari- for the Hospital-however much table Institutions in Hong Kong al- such language may be at variance with the directors achievements! though such services to the public About this time notices would were not rendered in the name of
the Club but individually. be sent out by the Hospital to the various Guilds who for the time being have the right to nominats representatives to serve
15 directors. On receipt of such notices, each Guild would proceed to call a meeting of its members
and to nominate one to serve. The Guild would inform the Hos pital of the person nominated, The Hospital would then write to the person in question telling him that he had been elected by his Guild to serve, and inviting him to do so. According to old cus tom, if he intended to accept, he
would first write a letter to the Hospital declining on account of his imaginary unfitness and in- rapacity. Another letter from the Hospital would be sent to him extolling his accomplishments and virtues, and pressing him to ac cept. He would probably write a second letter declining. A third | letter would be sent to him, and he would then, write in reply and necept. In more recent times, however, the practice of going through a formal refusal twice is not adhered to. If he really wished to decline, the Hospital would then notify the Guild. re- qurating the Guild to proceed to elect another person to serve.
WOMAN
Evidence of Prisoners' Sudden Affluence
JEWELLERY AND FURNI- TURE BOUGHT
..
The case in which a young Chl- nese named Fan Hing (20) and his wife, Yeung Shui Kui, are charged In retiring with my brother off-with the murder of an aged woman cors I am happy to say that our named Po Mui at. Shaukiwan on successors
are, everyone of them, the night of May 31, was continu men of energy and great resource, ed before Mr. Schofield at Central and I feel sure that the affairs of the Club will attain greater sue
Magistracy yesterday.
cess than hitherto, and in the name of the Club, I extend to them our hearty welcome and wish them
every success. (Applause).
the axot method of election is as
follows:-
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general appeared for the Crown.
M Fraser, Assistant Attorney "A Chinese named Ng Hok Loong, master of the Kwong Chui Loong furniture shop gave evidence to the effect that on June 1, the two de fendants went into his shop and ordered a lot of furniture to the value of B16. Before they left the shop, the second defendant asked the first one to pay a deposit of 810 About the time when letters against the goods ordered, and two would be sent out to the various days later the man returned and Guilds, but usually a little later paid the balance of the money.. in the year, a public advertise- Wu Kam Chuen, an accountant meat is inserted in the papers in the Woo Shing goldsmiths' shop atating "that the election of repre- stated that on the afternoon of June sentatives of the Yun Sheung 1, he made certain entries in his would be held at the Hospital on books relating to the purchase of the date therein stated. On the gold to the value of 87.50, a pair day in question, usually a few of of ear-rings and a chain bracelet. the Yan Sheung would be present, Witness said that his mother ask but in any case the current direc ed him to make these entries, and tors representing Yan Sheung it was stated that the mother would would be present, together with be called later to give evidence their colleagues. Those who were ragarding the sale of the articles. willing to stand would have been previously ascertained, and the election would be merely a matter of formality.
Mr. Potter pointed out that with regard to the alleged drowning, there could have been three possi-¡ bilities. The first was that Yap
that it was not Yap but someone else who fell overboard. The third was that no one fell overboard at all. To these probabilities, His Lordship added a fourth to the effect that the person who fell over- board might have swum ashore.
"If you are able to accept the evidence, said Mr. Potter, submit that the case is so full of suspicion that you fall entirely short of the standard which Morti- mer said ought to be reached" and that is that you ought to have clear and cogent evident establish- ing the death of the assured."
Mr. D'Almada In opening his speech for plantiff's said: "Heaven forbid that any of my actions should be subjected to Mr. Potter for analysis, because in this case
and many innocent
perfectly straightfoward acts were made, to look like shady and suspicious transactions.
Mr. D'Almads then dealt with the evidence and contended that it was highly improbable that there could have been any fraudulent design. He asked his Lordship to way that the man who was drown- ed was in fact Yap as there were, no reasons for witnesses to come forward and tell the stories they! had told unless they were trus. If bis Worship found there was no fraud then there was reasonable ground for presuming Yap was dead. He asked his Lordship not to count against the woman the fact that an unfortunate combina- tion of circumstances made it im- possible for her to produce further êvidence.
His Lordship: In deciding the question, I want to say that I have not got to decide that when the life insurance policy was taken out in December 1030, there was frau- dulent intent or not.
Stayed Only Two Days, The next witness called by the prosecution was a married woman Eventually the representatives
named Lo Sing who stated that she that he was not satisfied with the His Lordship went on to way elected by the Guilde would all Activities of the Hospital.
was the principal tenant on the witness who said that Yap was have signified their agreement to
second floor of 676, Canton Roud.
on board the Ferry, and further serve, and their names would Such, in brief, is the way in On the afternoon of June the that he was not satisfied that the then be posted up in the big hall which the Directors of the Fung and she (the second defendant) board, was Tap.
second defendant interviewed her person who fell or jumped over- of the Hospital, as notice to the Wah are elected annually,
whom, since 1930, lies the respon agreed to rent a cubicle on the floor
"I am accepting the evidence at 80 per month. Both defendants) sibility of administering the affairs came to stay in the cubicle on June that a man did fall or jump over of all the three Hospitals. It is 3, and at about 3 p.m. on June 3, He went into the water at a point board. Who he was I do not know. impossible for me, within the time they want out and that was the last close to shore and he might easily. at my disposal, to describe to you she saw of them, the manifold activities of these
public in case anyone should like to raise any objection to the
nominees.
The Guilds and the Yen Sheung, The number of Guilde sending representatives varies from time to time. Besides the Yan Sheung, to which I will refer, the following Guilds nominate representatives to serve as directors:
The management of the 'Yee Chong Mortuary and the Wing Pit Ting farewell bavilion (now including the. Yat Pit Ting farewell pari- lion).
(3) The management of the Man
Mo Temple Fund.
(1) Pawnbrokers' Guild.
(2) Piece-goods and Silk Guild.
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to:
The remainder of the address
come."
Hospitals: I shall have to try to would be three more witnesses for pened, and it was off a neighbour Mr. Fraser intimated that there have swim ashore as it was very near land where the incident hap convey some mental pictures to you the prosecution, but they would not hood within walking distance of the in the form of figures. But before take long to give their evidence. village from which the assured bad doing this, I should like, to my aOne of them, a woman, was ill and few words on the history of the would not be able to attend Court. Tung Wade itself as the leading for a few days, but his Worship. His Lordship dismissed the spe Chinese institution in the Colony. decided to adjourn till to-day when plication.
he would take what evidence be could, call the case again when the sick woman was well enough to be were unable to attend), for mak ing special purchases. The Rev. Father Bernardini for the band of St. Louis Industrial · School,
Messrs. Wateón & Co. for choque of $10. The local newspapers - and the Forbes advertising Co. for an nouncementa: and advertisements
(3) Californian Merchants' Guild.will appear in to-morrow's issue). (4) Nan Pak Guild.
(5) Comptadores' Guild...
(6) Chinese Bankers' Guild.
(7) Chinese Insurance Guild. (8) Importers of Foreign Goods
Guild
(9) Chinese Medicine Guild.
There is one
DR. KOTEWALL RETURNS
THANKS
Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewali said:----| Mr. President and brother Ro- *The above Guilds are Guilds pro- given us a very interesting account tarians,-Rotarian M. K. Lo has perly so called. special hody which is not strictly s of an institution dear to the heart The payment of
passages Guild, but which has always had of the Chinese-the Tung Wah and for Chinese destitutes and the right of sending representatives, think, could have handled this sub- its allied hospitals. Not one, I patients the burial and re burini of Chinese, the colle namely the Yan Sheung, literally jest with greater success than tion and administration of meaning Wealthy Merchant, Rotarian Lo, for not only is he funds for the relief of any Anyone who subscribes aither 850 OF, past chainman of the three hos special distress among the $100 to the Hospital becomes a pitals, but he has also the advocate Chiness community of the member of this Body, but he has trained faculty of presenting a case Colony, and the promotion, to continue to subscribe such sum with combined brevity and clear execution. assistance or main annually, otherwise be conses to be OKA teriance, of any other charit able work among the Chinese community of the Colony,
present
FRENCH CONVENT
BAZAAR
Mrs. Everlie for taking charge of
special sale stall and all the young, Tadies who helped at the various
stalls de g
Mr. 7. M. Noronha and Mr. W. White for successfully running the games and the following fras for suitable gifte
REV. MOTHER SUPERIOR'S THANKS TO HELPERS
We have received a letter from Sister Beatrice of the French Con- vent informing us that the results of the bazaar held on Saturday and Sunday were very satisfactory and pressing the thanks of the Revd. Mother Superior to ourselves for announcing the event and to the such a member. The number of In the short space of less than Frade for opening the baxnari following helpers:Madame de la Directors elected by the Yan half an hour the speaker succeeded Monsieur de la Prade Copaul Chen- Sheung varies. from time to time in telling as something of the his aral for France, His - Lordship This year the Yan, Sheang elected tory and constitution functions Bishop Valtorta and the tes, S. Watson Comfor 8 out of the 20, Directors serving and administrative details of the Father Biothron Superiour of the Waters st reduced prices
Turg Wah but with the modesty French Procuration for their at The Rench Mother; also wis of a player in the game he has re- tendance at the opening think all those who sold bou
Lady Peel and other ladies (who) Ticke and all thin
(5) The promotion,, execution, as aistance or maintenance of any charitable work among the mode of electing a represents Chinese outside the Colony t which shall have been pre- tive of the Yan Sheung is the viously approved by the sams in principle. Buy as the body Secretary for Chinese Affairs. is necessarily vague and fluctuating,
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