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for each branch; and (b) the premises used for

medical and hospital purposes shall be separated

from those used for charitable work e. g. the care of destitute and aged persons.

(4) Medical work shall be under the control of a

medical committee consisting of representatives of the Tung Wah Committee (the number suggested

is three), two representatives of the Medical

Department, including the Director of Medical

Services if he so desires, and the medical

superintendents of the three hospitals. The

senior of the two Government representatives shall

preside.

(5) The gradual abolition of Chinese treatment shall

be aimed at; in particular (a) Chinese medicine

shall be provided only in a limited number of wards

in the Tung Wah and Kwong Wah Hospitals, and not at all in the Tung Wah Eastern Hospital; and (b) Chinese medicine shall be limited to those

in-patients who spontaneously ask for it.

(6) Future investments of Tung Wah funds shall be in

gilt-edged securities instead of mortgages and

property.

These proposals are at present under consideration by the Annual Committee and the Permanent Board of Advisers and it is expected that they will be accepted in toto;

but

the changes proposed are very drastic and I do not consider

it advisable to press those authorities for an immediate

decision.

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Meanwhile the Committee has approached the Government with a request for assistance to enable them to