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ORIGINAL ON 53664/39.

EXTRACT FROM THE REPORT OF THE SECRETARY

FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS FOR THE YEAR 1938.

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THE CHINESE HOSPITALS.

"6.

The Tung Wah Hospital situated in the centre

of the most thickly populated area in Victoria was first

occupied in 1873. The Tung Wah Eastern Hospital situated

at the east end of Victoria was opened in 1929. The

Government gave the sites and with grants of money assis-

ted in the erection of the buildings. The Kwong Wah

Hospital situated in the Central District of Kowloon was

built in 1911, to meet the needs of those resident in the

Peninsula. The funds for its erection were raised by

public subscription.

7. In control of the three hospitals is the Tung

Wah Hospital Committee, a body of Chinese gentlemen

elected each year by the subscribers, but the end of

1938 saw the inauguration of a Tung Wah Hospital Medical

Committee consisting of representatives of the Tung Wah

Advisory Board and of the Tung Wah Hospitals Directorate,

the Visiting Medical Officer, and the Medical Superinten-

dents of the three hospitals under the chairmanship of

the Director of Medical Services. This Committee,

appointed by His Excellency the Governor, is the executive

authority in all matters relating to the medical adminis-

tration of the Tung Wah Hospitals.

8. The Tung Wah Hospital corporation serves many

purposes, and has wide ramifications extending into many

departments of charitable work. Its activities include:

(1)