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

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. It provides extensive

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and community services 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

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of Hong Kong in early colonial period. Tung Wah Group of Hospitals is also responsible for the management of

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, once an important cultural centre of colonial Hong Kong. Tung Wah Group of Hospitals' Gallery, can be found in

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, 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

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(1890), Kwong Wah Hospital (1911) and Tung Wah Eastern Hospital (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

, Kwong Wah Hospital, Tung Wah Eastern 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

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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 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 Pr ...

Au Tau Au Tau () is an area of Yuen Long District, Hong Kong, located directly east of Yuen Long Town. Pok Oi Hospital is located in Au Tau. Pun Uk, a former mansion and a Grade I Historic Building is located in Au Tau, next to the hospital. Tu ...

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 N ...

- since 1994 *

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Chang Ming Thien College Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Chang Ming Thien College is a secondary school located at No. 300, Nam Cheong Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong.Sham Shui Po Sham Shui Po is an area of Kowloon, Hong Kong, situated in the northwestern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, north of Tai Kok Tsui, east of Cheung Sha Wan and south of Shek Kip Mei (). It is located in and is the namesake of the Sham Shui ...

- since 1971 *

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Chen Zao Men College Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Chen Zao Men College (CZM, Traditional Chinese: 東華三院陳兆民中學) is a secondary school located at Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong. Initiated in 1969 by the Board of Directors of Tung Wah Group of ...

Kwai Shing Kwai Shing (葵盛) is an area on the hill between Kwai Fong and Tai Wo Hau in the Kwai Chung area of Hong Kong. The area is named after the two major public housing estates on the hill, Kwai Shing East Estate and Kwai Shing West Estate, accommo ...

, Kwai Chung - since 1972 *

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Kap Yan Directors' 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 Pr ...

, Choi Yuen Estate,

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 southeast ...

- 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 north ...

, Yuen Long - since 1995 *

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Lee Ching Dea Memorial 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 Pr ...

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. Locat ...

- 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 Cheung Wah Estate () is a mixed TPS and public housing estate in Fanling, New Territories The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hon ...

, Fanling - since 1982 *

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Lo Kon Ting Memorial College Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Lo Kon Ting Memorial College () is a Hong Kong secondary school. Completely funded by the Government of Hong Kong, the grammar school is one of the two secondary schools located in Long Ping Estate. Most of the schoo ...

Long Ping Estate Long Ping Estate () is a mixed TPS and public housing estate in Wang Chau, Yuen Long, New Territories, Hong Kong, near MTR Long Ping station. It is the third public housing estate in Yuen Long Town and the largest public housing estate in Yuen ...

, Yuen Long - since 1987 *

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Lui Yun Choy Memorial 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 Pr ...

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 named ...

- 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 Sha Tin, also spelt Shatin, is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District. Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project. The ...

- 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 Te ...

, Kwai Chung - since 1977 * Tung Wah Group of Hospitals S.C. Gaw Memorial College,

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 al ...

- since 1984 *

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Sun Hoi Directors' 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 Pr ...

, Wu King Estate, 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 Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Wong Fut Nam College () is a Hong Kong secondary school. Fully subsidized by the Government of Hong Kong, the day school is located in Oxford Road, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon. Foundation Being the first secondary scho ...

, Oxford Road, Kowloon - since 1961 *

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Yau Tze Tin Memorial College Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Yau Tze Tin Memorial College () is an aided secondary school in Hong Kong. Fully subsidized by Government of Hong Kong, the day school is located in Siu Hong Court, Tuen Mun, New Territories. The grammar school is th ...

Siu Hong Court 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 ...

, Tuen Mun - since 1982 * Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Yow Kam Yuen College,

City One City One Shatin () is a residential precinct in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong. The estate occupies approximately of land. The estate was named City One as it is on Lot 1, Shatin Town. It has a census area population of 24,758 people. C ...

, Sha Tin - since 1985 Primary schools include: * Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Chow Yin Sum Primary School * 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 Po Kong Village Road, Kowloon - since 1977 *** TWGHs International Funeral Parlour, 8 Cheong Hang Road, Hung Hom - since 1980 *** Tung Wah Coffin Home, Cemeteries and Colombarium, 9 Sandy Bay Road - since 1899 ** Temples and fortune-telling stalls: *** TWGHs

, 124-126

Hollywood Road Hollywood Road is a street in Central and Sheung Wan, on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The street runs between Central and Sheung Wan, with Wyndham Street, Arbuthnot Road, Ladder Street, Upper Lascar Row, and Old Bailey Street in the vicini ...

- since 1847 *** TWGHs Litt Shing Kung, 128 Hollywood Road - since 1847 *** Kwun Yum Temple, 400 Shatin Pass Road,

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 Tai Ping Shan Street is a street marking the early colonial history in Hong Kong. Located at the north slope of Victoria Peak in Sheung Wan, the street starts east from a ladder street at the junction with Bridges Street and end west in Po ...

- since 1856 ***

Hung Shing Temple, Wan Chai The Hung Shing Temple in Wan Chai, Hong Kong is one of the forty-two temples dedicated to Hung Shing in the Hong Kong. Location The temple is located at Nos. 129–131 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai. Tai Wong Street West and Tai Wong Stre ...

, 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 The Chinese Temples Committee () is a statutory body in Hong Kong established in 1928 under the Chinese Temples Ordinance () (Cap. 153). It is mainly responsible for the operation and management of twenty-four temples directly under its management ...

since pre-war times) ***

Tin Hau Temple Tin Hau temples in Hong Kong are dedicated to Tin Hau (Mazu). Over 100 temples are dedicated (at least partially) to Tin Hau in Hong Kong. A list of these temples can be found below. Famous temples Famous Tin Hau temples in Hong Kong include: ...

Temple Street A temple (from the Latin ) is a building reserved for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. Religions which erect temples include Christianity (whose temples are typically called church (building), churches), Hindui ...

/ Public Square Street, Yau Ma Tei - since 1865 *** Fook Tak Tsz, Temple Street/Public Square Street, Yau Ma Tei - since 1865 *** Shea Tan, Temple Street/Public Square Street, Yau Ma Tei - since 1865 *** Shing Wong Temple, 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, 90

Shantung Street Shantung Street () is a street in Mong Kok, Kowloon in Hong Kong. It spans from Ferry Street in the west to Yim Po Fong Street in the east. Features Major landmarks including Langham Place and Macpherson Playground are situated along the str ...

, Kowloon - since 1884 *** Wong Tai Sin fortune-telling and oblation arcade,

Lung Cheung Road Lung Cheung Road () is a major road in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It forms part of Route 7 linking Kwun Tong Road at Ngau Chi Wan and Ching Cheung Road near Tai Wo Ping. It is a dual 3-lane carriageway running in the east-west direction for its ...

, 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

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