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31. A detailed report on the medical work of the Hospital, by the Visiting Medical Officer, will be found in Annexe B.
CHINESE PUBLIC DISPENSARIES.
(See Annexe B and Tables XXI to XXIV).
WANCHAI MATERNITY HOSPITAL. (See Annexe B).
CHINESE PERMANENT CEMETERY.
(Table XXV).
CHINESE RECREATION GROUND.
(Table XXVI).
32. The Chinese Recreation Ground in Hollywood Road is controlled by a Committee consisting of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs as Chairman and the Chinese Members of the Executive and Legislative Councils.
33. A scheme of general renovation and reconstruction of the Ground was decided upon by the Committee in 1931 but was delayed for various reasons. At the end of 1933, however, the tenants of the old stalls were given notice to quit in order that the work of demolition and reconstruction could be put in hand at the beginning of 1934. The Ground was in the hands of the contractor about three and a half months and was ready for occupation again at the end of April. As reconstructed at a cost of some $30,000 it now consists of a large concrete-surfaced open space which contains several pavilions and is bordered by sixty substantially-built stalls or rather small shops which are let by tender to refreshment caterers, barbers, book-sellers, letter-writers, etc., and the income, when expenses have been deducted, is devoted to Chinese charities. Apart from the actual tenants of the stalls and their fokis the Ground in its capacity as an open space or lung is very largely used by the general public for listening to story-tellers and for eating, resting or strolling about in the open air. The Ground contains an interesting relic in the form of an old Jubilee drinking fountain.
YAUMATI PUBLIC SQUARE.
(Table XXVII).
34. The Yaumati Public Square is also administered by the Chinese Recreation Ground Committee and on the same lines as the Chinese Recreation Ground. The chief difference is that there is no open space, the whole of the Square being occupied by stalls, fifty-nine in all, most of which sell cooked food. The Square is known to the Chinese public as Yung...