Hong Kong Eye Hospital, located in

Kowloon City District Kowloon City District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the city of Kowloon. It had a population of 381,352 in 2001, and increased to 418,732 in 2016. The district has the third most educated residents while its res ...

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, is a

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and

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eye referral centre, and also the house of the Department of

Ophthalmology Ophthalmology ( ) is a surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders. An ophthalmologist is a physician who undergoes subspecialty training in medical and surgical eye care. Following a medic ...

and Visual Science of the

Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a public research university in Ma Liu Shui, Hong Kong, formally established in 1963 by a charter granted by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It is the territory's second-oldest university an ...

(CUHK). The hospital provides training programmes in ophthalmology for medical students of both the CUHK and the

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History

Hong Kong Eye Hospital was officially opened on 15 September 1993 by

David Robert Ford Sir David Robert Ford, (; 22 February 1935 – 10 September 2017) was the fifth and the last non-ethnic Chinese Chief Secretary of Hong Kong and Deputy Governor of Hong Kong from 1987 to 1993 and was Hong Kong Commissioner in London until 1997 ...

, Chief Secretary of Hong Kong.

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References

Hospitals in Hong Kong 1992 establishments in Hong Kong Hospitals in Kowloon City District {{Kowloon-stub