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P.R.H. 7 (REVISED) 4000091
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
DAILY
INFORMATION SERVICES
INFORMATION BULLETIN
Saturday, July 29, 1972
FORMER-MILITARY HOSPITAL SITE AND BUILDINGS FOR SALE
The buildings and site of the former Military Hospital at the junction
of Mount Kellett Road and Homestead Road on the Peak will be put up for public
auction next month.
The property covers about 78,310 square feet and its upset price is
$2 million, with an annual rent of $1,798.
The hospital buildings themselves comprise a total floor area of
some 111,000 square feet on four floors' and a site of 48,000 square feet.
The property can be used for residential or hospital and sanatorium
purposes if the existing buildings are retained.
If the purchaser wishes to redevelop the site, use will be restricted
to private residential accommodation only.
The hospital originally the Hong Kong War Memorial Nursing Home --
was erected to the memory of those who served and fell in the First World War.
A special committee was set up to raise funds for the project with a
donation by the Government. The foundation stone was laid on April 24, 1930 by
the wife of the then Officer Administering the Government, Mrs. W.T. Southorn,
The hospital was used by the British Navy and Army and in 1967 was
handed over to the Government by the Ministry of Defence on the opening of a
new British Military Hospital in Kowloon.
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