JANUARY 25, 1941.
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST-HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, CENTENARY SUPPLEMENT
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1841-1941 One Hundred Years of Progress..
BORN AT POSSESSION POINT IN 1841
HONG KONG DISPENSARY,
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'EW firms in Hong Kong can celebrate their Centenary concurrently with that of the Colony. Such, however, is the unique distinction enjoyed by A. S. Watson & Co., Limited. Like that of the Colony, with which its growth and development have been contemporaneous, the Company was modest in its beginning, "The Hong Kong Dispen- sary" being established in a matshed at Possession Point, by a Naval Surgeon, Dr. F. H. Young, within a few months of the occupation of the island, solely as a Dispensary for the Services.
From the year 1858-the date of arrival of the new proprietor, Dr. A. S. Watson, to whom the Company owes its name through successive stages of development, the Company ha etendily expanded its activities and. in addition to occumvine al
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