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Hongkong Chinese as faithfully and well as does the Tung Wah Hospital itself, that it may be a blessing to this Colony, and that it may soon expand to its dimensions and worthily occupy
full! the whole of this splendid site.
have had the benefit of the assis- tance of the Directors of the Tung Wah Hospital. Such help may vary from investigation of claims after a typhoon to supervising the removal of ancient graves from land which is required for build- ing purposes. Indeed, without the constant and ready assistance of
Need of Endowment. the directors of the Tung Wah Hospital, the task of the Hong-future anxiety with regard to this There is only one cause for kong Government would be in- Eastern finitely more difficult and the endowment fund does not yet
Branch-an result of its activities much less exist. I have heard with much adequate satisfactory both to itself and to pleasure from you, Mr. Chairman, the community in general.
The Hospital commands univer-will hand over to your successors that you and your fellow-directors. sal respect among the Chinese, not at least $100,000 and perhaps merely for its charitable and semi- charitable work, but because it of this new hospital. But, as the?
even $140,000, for the maintenance keeps wholly aloof from political annual expenditure of the hospital! activity of any kind. It deserves is estimated to be about $90,000, and will, I hope, receive in in- this creasing measure the support of more than one year's working sum will provide for little all residents of whatever race in expenses. this Colony.
Congratulations.
I rejoice that the time has come when the parent hospital has been able to found and build-I wish I could also say endow a branch hospital at the east end of Hong- kong island. congratulate very heartily previous and present boards of directors of the hospital on this accomplishment and I am glad that, having myself laid the', foundation stope of this fine edifice last year, it has been vouchsafed to me this year to per- form the opening ceremony. You have reminded me, Mr. Chairman, that my predecessor, Sir Richard Macdonnell, was privileged both to lay the foundation stone of the parent hospital and to open it: and, with you, I pray that this historic parallel may in other respects also become closer still as years go by, that the growth of the new hospital may be as vigorous and its management as sound and successful as is that of) the parent hospital, that this eastern branch may
serve the
At the instance of the unofficial members of Legislative Council, the Hongkong Government has of $25,000 as a contribution to this! agreed to vote next year the sum hospital and I do not doubt that thereafter in the Colony's budget. the like sum will be voted annually But there will remain to be pro- vided every year not less than $65,000 which, apart from such funds as can be made available by Ordinance, 1928, must be raised means of the Chinese Temples
the hospital. This is an unsatis- year after year by the directors of factory situation and I hope that, not only the Chinese community, į but also the European community will make a special effort to raise an adequate endowment fund for this hospital, bearing in mind the maxim bis dat qui cito dat. Every- one who contributes to the funds! that the money has been given to a of this hospital may rest assured
worthy cause, that it will be made to go as far as it possibly can, and will be carefully and well spent.
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