ORIGINAL ON 53664/39.
EXTRACT FROM THE REPORT OF THE SECRETARY
FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS FOR THE YEAR 1938.
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THE CHINESE HOSPITALS.
"6.
The Tung Wah Hospital situated in the centre
of the most thickly populated area in Victoria was first
occupied in 1873. The Tung Wah Eastern Hospital situated
at the east end of Victoria was opened in 1929. The
Government gave the sites and with grants of money assis-
ted in the erection of the buildings. The Kwong Wah
Hospital situated in the Central District of Kowloon was
built in 1911, to meet the needs of those resident in the
Peninsula. The funds for its erection were raised by
public subscription.
7. In control of the three hospitals is the Tung
Wah Hospital Committee, a body of Chinese gentlemen
elected each year by the subscribers, but the end of
1938 saw the inauguration of a Tung Wah Hospital Medical
Committee consisting of representatives of the Tung Wah
Advisory Board and of the Tung Wah Hospitals Directorate,
the Visiting Medical Officer, and the Medical Superinten-
dents of the three hospitals under the chairmanship of
the Director of Medical Services. This Committee,
appointed by His Excellency the Governor, is the executive
authority in all matters relating to the medical adminis-
tration of the Tung Wah Hospitals.
8. The Tung Wah Hospital corporation serves many
purposes, and has wide ramifications extending into many
departments of charitable work. Its activities include:
(1)