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carried on the work and object of the Sailors' Home at the
premises situate at West Point. The object of the Sailors'
Home has been the care of officers and men of the Mercantile
Marine irrespective of their religion and also the provision
of a suitable home for the sea-faring classes and officers
and men aforesaid. Owing to the changing nature of the
Colony's needs it has been felt for some years that the
Sailors' Home does not now meet the needs of the officers
and men for whose use the premises are intended, owing to
the distance of the building from the centre of the town.
The Trustees of the Sailors' Home have recently agreed
with the Hong Kong Government for the surrender to the
Government of the property at West Point in consideration
of the sum of $900,000,00.
4.
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The Missions to Seamen in Hong Kong is a branch
of the Missions to Seamen whose head office is in London
and whose organization embraces the whole world. The work
and object of the Missions to Seamen is the provision of
an institute for the welfare of the sea-faring classes and
in pursuance of such work and object the use of every means
consistent with the principles and rites and practice of
the Church of England. The Missions to Seamen have for many
years successfully run an institute at 21 Praya East, but
owing to the development of the Praya East Reclamation this
property is no longer on the water-front and as a building
the institute is not sufficient for the combined purposes
of the Missions to Seamen and of the Sailors' Home.
5.
It is intended that the new corporation shall erect a
suitable building on a site belonging to the Missions to
Seamen on the Praya East Reclamation and shall carry on
therein the beforementioned work and objects of the Sailors'
Home and Missions to Seamen.
6.
The Ordinance follows in its main line other
incorporating Ordinances which have been passed from time to
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