1918
A model showing the Waterloo Road elevation of the new hospital.
THE NEW KWONG WAH
WAH HOSPITAL
ARCHITECT:— E. CUMINE, F. R. I. B. A.... A. A. DIP.
The provision of proper medical will be one of Hongkong's outstand- the Architect. After much delibera- care for the greatly increased post- ing modern projects, but the most tion they worked out a schedule war population — especially the poor- remarkable thing about it is the fact which will provide a logical sequence er segment of it is one of the big- that it is to be built on the same site in the changeover from the old to the gest problems facing the Colony to- as the existing old Kwong Wah Hos- new yet not disturb the hospital's
day. The Tung Wah Group of Hospital in a series of phased stages in daily routine. It will mean that the pitals, long to the fore in rendering such a way that the demolition of task will be divided into five distinct such service, has decided to erect a existing structures and construction phases, completion of which will take great new Kwong Wah Hospital in work do not interfere with the cur- five years. Kowloon which will represent an im- rent operations of the institution. portant improvement on the facilities
This necessity for avoiding any in- for medical treatment available in terruption called for most detailed and their present hospital.
careful planning on the part of the
The illustration accom- panying this article shows the five dif ferent stages.
The cost of the new Kwong Wah Hospital when finally completed will This new building, the main block Tung Wah Directors, the Medical be about $25,000,000 much of it to of which is to be twelve storeys high, and other authorities involved, and be raised by public contributions.
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