GOVERNMENT AND THE TUNG WAH HOSPITAL
"THE DAYS ARE PASSED when such essential servicês as the care of the sick poor could be left to private charity and the duty of the state in suc
such matters has long been recognised," said His Excellency the Governor this morning, addressing the old and new committees of the Tung Wah Hospital at the annual reception.
CONDITIONS OF GRANT.
“This year,” said Sir Geoffry, “marks | valuable work done by Mr. Chau per- the 70th anniversary of the incorpor-sonally in reorganising and bringing ation of the Tung Wah Hospital. On up to date the system of accounting in March 30th, 1870, an ordinance was the hospitals and in preparing statis- passed for the establishment' of atics of all kinds. Certain outstanding Chinese Hospital for the care and questions still remain to be settled, treatment of the indigent sicht to Bộ but I have every hope that, now that supported by voluntary contributions, agreement has been reached on gen- and it is recorded in the preamble tó | eral principles, Mr. Led and his col that ordinance that the Government of leagues' will be able to find a solution the day contributed a piece of Crown | to these problems. Land as a site and a donation of $15,- 000 for its erection and maintenance Last year the cost of maintaining the three hospitals-belonging to the Cor One thing I wish to make clear at poration amounted to between seven this juncture. It Is, I think, inevit- and eight hundred thousand dollars, able that the Government grant to the excluding expenditure on the main-Tung Wah Corporation will in future tenance of free schools and the repa- remain at a high figure and there are triation of destitute refugees and certain conditions which must attach others, services to the community to such a grant, Those conditions which have been performed by suc-govern all Government expenditure cessive committees för many years. and cannot be foregone. In the first Of this large sum rather less than place, there must be definite figures half has been derived froth income before the Legislative Council when from investments and from voluntary the Colony's estimates are being drawn subscriptions; and Government has re-up showing clearly how the proposed cognised that it is incumbent upon if grant for the next year is to be ex- to increase the
grant-in-aid very pended; secondly, the Tung Wah Di- largely in these circumstances.
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rectors must realise that they may not over-expend that grant without bring- ing a liability upon the Tung Wah Corporation: and thirdly, the expen- You are all familiar with the cir-diture of the grant must be subject to cumstances which led to this situation; the same financial and audit control and I need not go into them now. The as all other Government votes have to result of Government taking so much undergo.
greater a share in these social ser These conditions are in no way on- vices has required the taxpayer to erous and I can assure you gentlemen foot a much larger bill, and conse that close and conscientious obser- quently it is the more important that vance of them will bring in its train he should have information regarding harmonious and tranquil administra- the manner in which his contribution tion of this great corporation's res- is to be expended and an assuranceponsibilities. .that his interests are being safe-guard- ed. It is with this end in view that the changes introduced during the past three years have been instituted.
TRIBUTE TO ADVISORS
I cannot close without a tribute to It has proved no easy task to over- the invaluable assistance of Sir Robert haul and recast a system that has Kotewall and the other members of worked and worked well for nearly the Advisory Board, in particular Mr. seventy years. Such an undertaking M. K. Lo, Mr. T. N. Châu and Dr. Li is never popular and Mr. Chau and Shu Fan, who have served or are serv- his colleagues deserve much crediting on the Medical Committee. Mem- for their willingness to accept the res-bership of the Medical Committee is ponsibility in the face of very serious no sinecure and I am most grateful problems. The debt of gratitude owed to these gentlemen for their willing- to them by the community is the ness to add this to their many public greater because they have carried activities.
their burden for twice the normal I have followed with much interest time, that is to easy for two years in- Mr. Lee's statement of policy. I ob- stead of one and very difficult years serve gladly the new Committee's en- at that. I should like, in particular, thusiasm and I wish them all success to express my appreciation of the very in their undertakings.
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