The Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (), with a history dating back to 1870, is the oldest and largest

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. It provides extensive

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and

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through 194 service centres spread across Hong Kong. Although Tung Wah Group of Hospitals is purely a charitable organisation today, it was originally an organisation that brought together the most influential Chinese magnates of Hong Kong in early colonial period. Tung Wah Group of Hospitals is also responsible for the management of Man Mo Temple, once an important cultural centre of colonial Hong Kong. Tung Wah Group of Hospitals' Gallery, can be found in Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences, exhibits antiques of the charitable organisation. Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Museum, also managed by Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, is located inside Kwong Wah Hospital.

Name origin

The Chinese name of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, 東華三院, literally means three hospitals of Tung Wah. The three hospitals are Tung Wah Hospital (1890), Kwong Wah Hospital (1911) and

Tung Wah Eastern Hospital Tung Wah Eastern Hospital is a charitable rehabilitation hospital located at Causeway Bay and operated by the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals. The hospital was formerly called Indian General Hospital (IGH). Opened on 27 November 1929, the hospita ...

(1929), all were founded by local Chinese. They formed a group in 1931, the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals.

Board of directors

The Board of Directors of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals is responsible for ensuring the charitable organization is properly maintained. All board appointments require consent of Government of Hong Kong. The incumbent chairman of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, Lee Yuk-lun, took office on 6 April 2017, succeeding his predecessor, Katherine Ma.

Hospital services

Five hospitals are under the umbrella of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, including Tung Wah Hospital, Kwong Wah Hospital,

, Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Wong Tai Sin Hospital and Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Fung Yiu King Hospital, providing a total of 2,652 hospital beds . It is Tung Wah's policy to provide at least 600 beds free of charge, of which 200 may be funded by the government. TWGH also operates nursing home services for the elderly: * Jockey Club Sunshine Complex for the Elderly - at the old Nam Long Hospital site

School of Nursing

Providing competent nurse education has been a mission of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals since 1964, when nursing schools of Tung Wah Hospital, Kwong Wah Hospital and Tung Wah Eastern Hospital were merged. With the expansion of Kwong Wah Hospital, where the merged nursing school was settled, more students were admitted to its nursing school. Three classes, with a total of over 210 students, were commenced every year. Rebecca Chan Chung (鍾陳可慰), a

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nurse in China during

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and author of ''Piloted to Serve'', had supervised the nursing school from 1964 to 1975.

Education Division

The group operates 52 schools in Hong Kong, including one degree granting tertiary institution, 18 secondary schools, 17 primary schools, 15 kindergartens and two schools for the mentally handicapped. Except for the degree granting tertiary institution and kindergartens, the other schools are all directly funded by the government. Self-financing degree granting tertiary institution: * Tung Wah College Secondary schools: * Tung Wah Group of Hospitals C.Y. Ma Memorial College, Au Tau,

Yuen Long Yuen Long is a town in the western New Territories, Hong Kong. To its west lie Hung Shui Kiu (), Tin Shui Wai, Lau Fau Shan and Ha Tsuen, to the south Shap Pat Heung and Tai Tong, to the east Au Tau and Kam Tin (), and to the north ...

- since 1994 * Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Chang Ming Thien College,

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- since 1971 * Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Chen Zao Men College, Kwai Shing,

Kwai Chung Kwai Chung is an urban area within Tsuen Wan New Town in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Together with Tsing Yi Island, it is part of the Kwai Tsing District District of Hong Kong. It is also part of Tsuen Wan New Town. In 2000, it had a pop ...

- since 1972 * Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Kap Yan Directors' College,

Choi Yuen Estate Choi Yuen Estate () is a public housing estate in Sheung Shui, New Territories, Hong Kong, near Landmark North and MTR Sheung Shui station. It is the first public housing estate in North District and consists of six residential buildings compl ...

Sheung Shui Sheung Shui (, literally "Above-water") is an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong. Sheung Shui Town, a part of this area, is part of the Fanling–Sheung Shui New Town in the North District of Hong Kong. Fanling Town is to its southeas ...

- since 1982 * Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Kwok Yat Wai College,

Tin Shui Wai Tin Shui Wai New Town is a satellite town in the northwestern New Territories of Hong Kong. Originally a ' fish pond area, it was developed in the 1980s as the second new town in Yuen Long District and the eighth in Hong Kong. It is due nort ...

, Yuen Long - since 1995 * Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Lee Ching Dea Memorial College,

North Point North Point is a mixed-use urban area in the Eastern District of Hong Kong. Located in the northeastern part of Hong Kong Island, the area is named after a cape between Causeway Bay and Tsat Tsz Mui that projects toward Kowloon Bay. Loc ...

- since 1970 *

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Li Ka Shing College Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Li Ka Shing College () is an aided secondary school in Hong Kong, founded in 1982. It is the twelfth secondary school established by Tung Wah Group of Hospitals. The school is located in Cheung Wah Estate, Fanling. ...

, Cheung Wah Estate,

Fanling Fanling ( zh, t=粉嶺; also spelled Fan Ling or Fan Leng) is a town in the New Territories East of Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the North District. Fanling Town is the main settlement of the Fanling area. The name Fanling is ...

- since 1982 * Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Lo Kon Ting Memorial College, Long Ping Estate, Yuen Long - since 1987 * Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Lui Yun Choy Memorial College,

Tseung Kwan O Tseung Kwan O New Town is one of the nine new towns in Hong Kong, built mainly on reclaimed land in the northern half of Junk Bay (known as Tseung Kwan O in Chinese/Cantonese language) in southeastern New Territories, after which it is name ...

- since 1995 * Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Mr. & Mrs. Kwong Sik Kwan College,

Tuen Mun Tuen Mun or Castle Peak is an area near the mouth of Tuen Mun River and Castle Peak Bay in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It was one of the earliest settlements in what is now Hong Kong and can be dated to the Neolithic period. In the more ...

- since 1998 * Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Mrs. Fung Wong Fung Ting College, Lek Yuen Estate, Sha Tin - since 1978 *

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Mrs. Wu York Yu Memorial College Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Mrs. Wu York Yu Memorial College ( Chinese: 東華三院伍若瑜夫人紀念中學) is a co-educational secondary school established by the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals in 1977. It is located in Shek Yam in the New ...

, Kwai Chung - since 1977 *

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals S.C. Gaw Memorial College Tung Wah Group of Hospitals S. C. Gaw Memorial College () is a secondary school on Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong. The school is surrounded by four resited villages, Tai Wong Ha, Yim Tin Kok, Lam Tin, and San Uk. The College is a co-educational ...

Tsing Yi Tsing Yi, sometimes referred to as Tsing Yi Island, is an island in the urban area of Hong Kong, to the northwest of Hong Kong Island and south of Tsuen Wan. With an area of , the island has extended drastically by reclamation along almost a ...

- since 1984 * Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Sun Hoi Directors' College,

Wu King Estate The following is an overview of public housing estates in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), Sandwich Class Housing Scheme (SCHS), Flat-for-Sale Scheme (FFSS), Subsidised S ...

, Tuen Mun - since 1981 * Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Wong Fung Ling College, Ma On Shan Road, Sha Tin - since 1977 * Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Wong Fut Nam College, Oxford Road, Kowloon - since 1961 * Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Yau Tze Tin Memorial College, Siu Hong Court, Tuen Mun - since 1982 *

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Yow Kam Yuen College Tung may refer to: People * Madison Tung, a U.S. Air Force Officer, wrestler, and Rhodes Scholar * Ho-Pin Tung, a dutch race car driver of Chinese descent. * Lola Tung, an actress known for her acting debut on drama series The Summer I Turned ...

, City One, Sha Tin - since 1985 Primary schools include: *

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Chow Yin Sum Primary School Tung Wah Group of Hospitals has founded two primary schools on the Tsing Yi Island, i.e. Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Wong See Sum Primary School and Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Chow Yin Sum Primary School. Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Wong See Sum ...

* Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Wong See Sum Primary School

Community Services Division

As at March 2006, Tung Wah operated 134 community service centres: * Elderly Services Centres: 41 centres * Youth and Family Services Centres: 38 centres * Rehabilitation Services: 38 centres * Traditional Services: 17 centres, including: ** Funeral parlours: *** TWGHs Diamond Hill Funeral Parlour, 181

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, Kowloon - since 1977 *** TWGHs International Funeral Parlour, 8

Cheong Hang Road Cheong may refer to: * Cheong (food), various sweetened food in the form of syrups, marmalades, and fruit preserves * Cheong mountain fortress, one of the listed Historic Sites of South Korea Surnames * Chung (Korean name), a Korean surname * J ...

, Hung Hom - since 1980 ***

Tung Wah Coffin Home Tung Wah Coffin Home is a coffin home located upon the hill above Sandy Bay on Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. The history of Tung Wah Coffin Home began in 1875 when it was built by the Man Mo Temple. The Coffin Home was originally locat ...

, Cemeteries and Colombarium, 9

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- since 1899 ** Temples and fortune-telling stalls: *** TWGHs Man Mo Temple, 124-126 Hollywood Road - since 1847 *** TWGHs Litt Shing Kung, 128 Hollywood Road - since 1847 ***

Kwun Yum Temple Guanyin () is a Bodhisattva associated with compassion. She is the East Asian representation of Avalokiteśvara ( sa, अवलोकितेश्वर) and has been adopted by other Eastern religions, including Chinese folk religion. Sh ...

, 400

Shatin Pass Road Shatin Pass Road () is a road in the Wong Tai Sin District of Kowloon, Hong Kong, linking the Wong Tai Sin area in the south to the junction of Fei Ngo Shan Road and Jat's Incline in the north. Along the way, it passes through the Tsz Wan Sha ...

Tsz Wan Shan Tsz Wan Shan () is a residential area in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Located below Temple Hill, it is administratively part of Wong Tai Sin District. (Note that Temple Hill is also called ''Tsz Wan Shan'' , but Tsz Wan Shan usually refers to the ar ...

, Kowloon - since 1853 *** TWGHs Kwong Fook Tsz, 40 Tai Ping Shan Street - since 1856 *** Hung Shing Temple, Wan Chai, 129 Queen's Road East - since 1860 (The management of the Temple has been delegated to the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals by the Chinese Temples Committee since pre-war times) *** Tin Hau Temple, Temple Street/ Public Square Street,

Yau Ma Tei Yau Ma Tei is an area in the Yau Tsim Mong District in the south of the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong. Name ''Yau Ma Tei'' is a phonetic transliteration of the name (originally written as ) in Cantonese. It can also be spelt as Yaumatei, ...

- since 1865 ***

Fook Tak Tsz Fook may refer to: People with Fook as part of the given name * Charles Chong, also known for his Chinese language name Chong You Fook (born 1953), Singaporean Member of Parliament *Choong Tan Fook (born 1976), male badminton player from Malaysia ...

, Temple Street/Public Square Street, Yau Ma Tei - since 1865 ***

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, Temple Street/Public Square Street, Yau Ma Tei - since 1865 ***

Shing Wong Temple The Chenghuangshen (), is a tutelary deity or deities in Chinese folk religion who is believed to protect the people and the affairs of the particular village, town or city of great dimension, and the corresponding afterlife location. Beginning ...

, Temple Street/Public Square Street, Yau Ma Tei - since 1972 *** The School, Temple Street/Public Square Street, Yau Ma Tei - since 1972 *** Hung Shing Temple, 58 Fuk Tsun Street, Kowloon - since 1881 (The temple was moved and rebuilt at the present site in 1930, and has since been managed by the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals.) ***

Shui Yuet Kung Shui may refer to: * Shui people, or Sui people, ethnic group living in southwestern China *Shui language, or Sui language, spoken by the Shui people *Shui (surname) Shui is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname ...

, 90 Shantung Street, Kowloon - since 1884 *** Wong Tai Sin fortune-telling and oblation arcade, Lung Cheung Road, in front of Wong Tai Sin Temple, Kowloon - since 1956 (161 soothsayers' stalls and 40 temple goods stalls) ** Commemoration hall: *** Virtue Court, 130 Hollywood Road - since 1993

References

External links

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