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FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1990

THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HAS

TRADES

PLANNED TO RESTORE THE OLD MARKET BUILDING AND RECREATE WITHIN IT SOME TRADITIONAL DISPLACED BY THE CORPORATION'S URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS.

WORKS TO TURN THE MARKET INTO A BAZAAR SIMILAR TO THE COVENT GARDEN IN LONDON WILL SOON BE CARRIED OUT. ON COMPLETION, THERE WILL BE SHOPS, FOODS STALLS AND EXHIBITION SPACE.

THE OLD PATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE IN CAINE LANE, SHEUNG BUILT IN 1905.

WAN, WAS

IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY, BACTERIOLOGICAL STUDIES IN HONG KONG WERE STILL IN THEIR INFANCY. THE PURSUIT OF THIS BRANCH OF SCIENCE WAS VERY MUCH HANDICAPPED BY THE LACK OF PROPER LABORATORIES AND THE INADEQUACY OF EQUIPMENT.

IN 1905, A BACTERIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE WAS COMPLETED IN CAINE LANE. THE INSTITUTE WAS RENAMED THE PATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

IT CONSISTED OF A TWO-STOREY MAIN BLOCK WITH A BASEMENT AND TWO SUBSIDIARY BLOCKS, ONE FOR SERVANTS' QUARTERS AND THE OTHER FOR STABLES AND ANIMAL HOUSES.

THERE

THE BALCONIES OF THE BUILDING EXTEND ALONG THE NORTH FACADE ON THE GROUND AND UPPER FLOORS AND ON THE EAST, SOUTH AND WEST FRONTS.

THE RED BRICK BUILDINGS ARE BUILT IN LIME EXTERNALLY IN CEMENT MORTAR.

WHOLE OF THE ARE VERANDAHS

MORTAR AND POINTED

THE MAIN BLOCK OF THE INSTITUTE IS STILL STRUCTURALLY BUT THE STABLE AND ANIMAL HOUSES WERE DEMOLISHED IN 1982.

SOUND,

THE BLOCK FOR SERVANTS' QUARTERS, WHICH IS NOW IN A DILAPIDATED CONDITION, WILL BE REPAIRED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THE PATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE MOVED OUT IN 1964, AND THE HISTORIC

THE MEDICAL COMPLEX IS NOW USED AS A MEDICAL STORE BY

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. IT IS A GOVERNMENT PROPERTY,

PATHOLOGICAL

HOWEVER, THE GOVERNMENT PROPERTY AGENCY SUITABLE FUTURE USES FOR THE MEDICAL STORE IS REPROVISIONED ELSEWHERE.

OLD

WILL EXPLORE MORE INSTITUTE AFTER THE

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