Tung Wah Group of Hospitals
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The Tung Wah Group of Hospitals , with a long history from 1870, is the oldest and the largest charitable organisation in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

. Their education Services and Community Services to the community with a total of 194 service centres spreading over the territory of Hong Kong.

Although it appears a pure charitable organisation nowadays, its board of directors was the most influential party of Chinese residents in early colonial history of Hong Kong. It involves in management of early Chinese functional centre of Man Mo Temple
Man Mo Temple
A Man Mo Temple or Man Mo Miu is a temple for the worship of the civil or literature god Man Tai / Man Cheong (文昌) and the martial god Mo Tai / Kwan Tai . The two gods were popularly patronized by scholars and students seeking progress in their study or ranking in the civil examinations in the...

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In Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences
Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences
The Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences was established in 1996, and is located in a renovated 3-storey Edwardian-style building, at 2 Caine Lane at the Mid-levels, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong...

, there is a gallery (Tung Wah Group of Hospitals' Gallery) which displays the exhibits of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals.

The Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Museum
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Museum
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Museum is housed in the formly Main Hall Building of Kwong Wah Hospital, located at 25 Waterloo Road, Kowloon. Only this building was preserved when Kwong Wah Hospital was re-developed in 1958–1963...

 in Kwong Wah Hospital is managed by Tung Wah Group of Hospitals.

Name

The name in Chinese is Tung Wah Sam Yuen (東華三院), which means three hospitals of Tung Wah Group. The three hospitals are Tung Wah Hospital
Tung Wah Hospital
Tung Wah Hospital is a hospital in Hong Kong under the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals. Located above Possession Point, at 12 Po Yan Street in Sheung Wan, it is the first hospital established in Colonial Hong Kong for the general public in the 1870s.-History:The hospital was declared for construction...

 (1890), Kwong Wah Hospital
Kwong Wah Hospital
Kwong Wah Hospital is a major hospital in South Kowloon of Hong Kong. It is located at Waterloo Road in Yau Ma Tei.The former Main Hall Building of Kwong Wah Hospital is preserved and houses the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Museum.-History:...

 (1911) and Tung Wah Eastern Hospital
Tung Wah Eastern Hospital
Tung Wah Eastern Hospital is a hospital under the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals.Opened in 1929, the hospital is located in So Kon Po, Causeway Bay and became a public hospital in 1991....

 (1929) founded by local Chinese. In 1931, three hospitals formed a group.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals is responsible for ensuring that the organization is properly maintained. All board appointments require the consent of the Government of Hong Kong
Government of Hong Kong
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, commonly the Hong Kong Government, is led by the Chief Executive as Head of the Government, who is also the head of the Hong Kong SAR...

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As of April 4, 2011, Charles Chang Juo Hwa serves as Chairman of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals. Chang previously served as Tung Wah's 1st Vice-Chairman, and has been on the Board of Directors since 2003.

Medical Division

Five hospitals are under the umbrella of the group, including Tung Wah Hospital
Tung Wah Hospital
Tung Wah Hospital is a hospital in Hong Kong under the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals. Located above Possession Point, at 12 Po Yan Street in Sheung Wan, it is the first hospital established in Colonial Hong Kong for the general public in the 1870s.-History:The hospital was declared for construction...

, Kwong Wah Hospital
Kwong Wah Hospital
Kwong Wah Hospital is a major hospital in South Kowloon of Hong Kong. It is located at Waterloo Road in Yau Ma Tei.The former Main Hall Building of Kwong Wah Hospital is preserved and houses the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Museum.-History:...

, Tung Wah Eastern Hospital
Tung Wah Eastern Hospital
Tung Wah Eastern Hospital is a hospital under the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals.Opened in 1929, the hospital is located in So Kon Po, Causeway Bay and became a public hospital in 1991....

, TWGHs Wong Tai Sin Hospital
TWGHs Wong Tai Sin Hospital
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Wong Tai Sin Hospital is an extended care hospital under the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals. It is most commonly referred to by its short name "TWGHs Wong Tai Sin Hospital" or just "Wong Tai Sin Hospital"...

 and TWGHs Fung Yiu King Hospital, providing a total of 3,048 hospital beds (as of 31 December 2003), among which 600 are free of charge.

Education Division

The group operates 52 schools in Hong Kong, including 18 secondary schools, 17 primary schools, 15 kindergartens and 2 schools for the mentally handicapped. Except for the kindergartens, the other schools are all directly funded by the government.

Secondary schools:
  • Tung Wah Group of Hospitals C.Y. Ma Memorial College, Au Tau
    Au Tau
    Au Tau is an area of Yuen Long District, Hong Kong, located directly west of Yuen Long.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....

    , Yuen Long
    Yuen Long
    Yuen Long , formerly Un Long, is an area and town located in the northwest of Hong Kong, on the Yuen Long Plain. To its west lie Hung Shui Kiu and Ha Tsuen, to the south Shap Pat Heung and Tai Tong, to the east Au Tau and Kam Tin, and to the north Nam Sang Wai.-Name:The Cantonese name Yuen Long 元朗...

     - since 1994
  • Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Chang Ming Thien College
    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.- Overview :...

    , Sham Shui Po
    Sham Shui Po
    Sham Shui Po, or Shamshuipo, is an area of Sham Shui Po District, 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. Sham Shui Po is known for its street market for electronic devices.-History:Sham Shui Po...

     - since 1971
  • Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Chen Zao Men College
    Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Chen Zao Men College
    Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Chen Zao Men College 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 Hospitals, Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Chen Zao Men College was named after Mr...

    , Kwai Shing
    Kwai Shing
    Kwai Shing 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, accommodating the influx of immigrants after World War II.The area...

    , Kwai Chung
    Kwai Chung
    Kwai Chung is a town in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Together with Tsing Yi Island, it is part of the Kwai Tsing District of Hong Kong. Kwai Chung is the site of the container port. It is also part of Tsuen Wan New Town. In 2000, it had a population of 287,000...

     - since 1972
  • Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Kap Yan Directors' College, Choi Yuen Estate, Sheung Shui
    Sheung Shui
    Sheung Shui is an area in 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.-History:...

     - since 1982
  • Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Kwok Yat Wai College, Tin Shui Wai
    Tin Shui Wai
    Tin Shui Wai is an area of Hong Kong, located in Yuen Long District, in the northwestern part of the New Territories. Originally a gei wai fish pond area, the ponds were reclaimed for the development of Tin Shui Wai New Town in the late 1980s...

    , Yuen Long - since 1995
  • Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Lee Ching Dea Memorial College, North Point
    North Point
    North Point is a mixed-use urban area in the Eastern District of Hong Kong. It is the northernmost point of Hong Kong Island, adjacent to both Causeway Bay and Quarry Bay, and projecting toward Kowloon Bay. Fortress Hill occupies the western end of the North Point area.-History:In 1899, The...

     - since 1970
  • Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Li Ka Shing College
    Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Li Ka Shing College
    Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Li Ka Shing College is a whole-day co-educational aided secondary school subsidised by the Hong Kong Government...

    , Cheung Wah Estate, Fanling
    Fanling
    Fanling , also known as Fan Ling and Fan Leng, is an area in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the North District...

     - 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
    Tseung Kwan O is a bay in Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong. In the northern tip of the bay lies the Tseung Kwan O Village....

     - since 1995
  • Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Mr. & Mrs. Kwong Sik Kwan College, Tuen Mun
    Tuen Mun
    Tuen Mun is a town 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 Hong Kong which can be dated back to the Neolithic period. In the more recent past, it was home to many Tanka fishermen who gathered at the Castle...

     - since 1998
  • Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Mrs. Fung Wong Fung Ting College, Lek Yuen Estate, Sha Tin
    Sha Tin
    Sha Tin, also spelled Shatin, is an area around the Shing Mun River in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District.-Geography:...

     - since 1978
  • Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Mrs. Wu York Yu Memorial College, Kwai Chung - since 1977
  • Tung Wah Group of Hospitals S.C. Gaw Memorial College, Tsing Yi
    Tsing Yi
    Tsing Yi , or 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 10.69 km², the island has extended drastically by reclamation along almost all its natural shore and the annexation of Nga Ying Chau and Chau...

     - since 1984
  • Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Sun Hoi Directors' College, Wu King Estate, Tuen Mun - since 1981
  • Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Wong Fung Ling College, Ma On Shan Road
    Ma On Shan Road
    Ma On Shan Road is a major expressway in the new town of Ma On Shan in the New Territories of Hong Kong. The expressway extends northward from Tate's Cairn Highway near Tai Shui Hang along the eastern bank of Shing Mun River. It ends in the north when it joins Sai Sha Road near Wu Kai Sha...

    , Sha Tin - since 1977
  • Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Wong Fut Nam College
    Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Wong Fut Nam College
    Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Wong Fut Nam College is a whole-day co-educational secondary school subsidised by the government. Located in Kowloon Tong in New Kowloon of Hong Kong, it was the very first secondary school being set up by Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, a charity organisation...

    , Oxford Road
    Oxford Road, Hong Kong
    Oxford Road is a two-way street in Kowloon Tsai , Kowloon City District, Hong Kong. Completed in mid-1950s, it runs from Oxford Road Playground to Hereford Road near Sunderland Estate....

    , Kowloon
    Kowloon
    Kowloon is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It is bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutter's Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south. It had a population of...

     - since 1961
  • Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Yau Tze Tin Memorial College
    Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Yau Tze Tin Memorial college
    Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Yau Tze Tin Memorial College , YTT in short, is a whole-day co-educational aided secondary school subsidised by the Hong Kong Government. Located at Siu Hong Court, in Tuen Mun, New Territories of Hong Kong, the school was the tenth secondary school being set up by Tung...

    , Siu Hong Court, Tuen Mun - since 1982
  • Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Yow Kam Yuen College, City One
    City One
    City One Shatin is a residential area in the District of Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong. City One is located 12.5 kilometres north of Central. City One is the largest private residential estate in Sha Tin District. There are a total of 52 blocks of residential buildings...

    , 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 services 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
        Kowloon
        Kowloon is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It is bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutter's Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south. It had a population of...

         - since 1977
      • TWGHs International Funeral Parlour, 8 Cheong Hang Road, Hung Hom
        Hung Hom
        Hung Hom is an area of Kowloon, in Hong Kong, administratively part of the Kowloon City District, with a portion west of the railway in the Yau Tsim Mong District. Hung Hom serves mainly residential purposes though is mixed with some industrial buildings in the north.-Geography:Hung Hom is located...

         - since 1980
      • Tung Wah Coffin Home
        Tung Wah Coffin Home
        Tung Wah Coffin Home is a Coffin Home located upon the hill above Sandy Bay on the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.The Tung Wah Coffin Home has had a very long history since 1875, and was first built by Man Mo Temple. The Coffin Home was originally located in Kennedy Town near a slaughter home...

        , Cemeteries and Colombarium, 9 Sandy Bay Road
        Sandy Bay Road
        Sandy Bay Road is one of the main streets of the central business district of the city of Hobart, capital of Tasmania, Australia. It is the B68. It is a two-way street beginning at the intersection where Davey Street converts into Harrington Street. From there, Sandy Bay Road travels southwards...

         - since 1899
    • Temples and fortune-telling stalls:
      • TWGHs Man Mo Temple
        Man Mo Temple
        A Man Mo Temple or Man Mo Miu is a temple for the worship of the civil or literature god Man Tai / Man Cheong (文昌) and the martial god Mo Tai / Kwan Tai . The two gods were popularly patronized by scholars and students seeking progress in their study or ranking in the civil examinations in the...

        , 124-126 Hollywood Road
        Hollywood Road
        Hollywood Road is a street in Central and Sheung Wan, on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.Hollywood Road is filled with trinket and antique shops of all sorts: from Chinese furniture to porcelain ware, from Buddha sculptures to Tibetan rugs, from Japanese netsukes to Coromandel screens, from Ming...

         - since 1847.
      • TWGHs Litt Shing Kung, 128 Hollywood Road - since 1847
      • Kwun Yum Temple, 400 Shatin Pass Road, Tsz Wan Shan
        Tsz Wan Shan
        Tsz Wan Shan is a residential area in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. Located at the foot of Temple Hill, it is administratively part of Wong Tai Sin District....

        , Kowloon - since 1853
      • TWGHs Kwong Fook Tsz, 40 Tai Ping Shan Street
        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 Yan Street near Tung Wah Hospital...

         - since 1856
      • Hung Shing Temple, Wan Chai
        Hung Shing Temple, Wan Chai
        The Hung Shing Temple in Wanchai, Hong Kong is one of several temples dedicated to Hung Shing in the territory.-Location:The temple is located at located at Nos. 129-131 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai. Tai Wong Street West and Tai Wong Street East intersect with Queen's Road East across the street...

        , 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
        Chinese Temples Committee
        The Chinese Temples Committee is a statutory body in Hong Kong established under the Chinese Temples Ordinance . It is mainly responsible for the operation and management of twenty-four temples directly under its management. It also handles temple registration...

         since pre-war times)
      • Tin Hau Temple, Temple Street
        Temple Street, Hong Kong
        Temple Street is a street located in the areas of Jordan and Yau Ma Tei in Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is known for its night market and one of the busiest flea markets at night in the territory. The night market is in the Yau Ma Tei, Jordan part of the street and not the Mong Kok part of the street...

        /Public Square Street
        Public Square Street
        Public Square Street is a street in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The street runs in an east-west alignment from Cliff Road to Ching Ping Street, meeting Nathan Road, Temple Street, Shanghai Street, Reclamation Street and Canton Road in its course....

        , Yau Ma Tei
        Yau Ma Tei
        Yau Ma Tei, also known as Waterloo , 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 油麻地 in Cantonese...

         - 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
        Hung Shing Temple
        Hung Shing Temples or Tai Wong Temples are temples dedicated to Hung Shing. Hung Shing temples have been widely built in southern China, especially Guangdong province and in Hong Kong.-Existing temples:...

        , 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
        Shantung Street is a street in Mong Kok of Kowloon in Hong Kong. It spans from Ferry Street in the west to Yim Po Fong Street east.-Features:...

        , Kowloon - since 1884
      • Wong Tai Sin fortune-telling and oblation arcade, Lung Cheung Road
        Lung Cheung Road
        Lung Cheung Road is part of Route 7 in Hong Kong, linking Kwun Tong Road at Ngau Chi Wan and Ching Cheung Road near Tai Wo Ping. It is a dual 3-lane carriageway for its entire length....

        , in front of Wong Tai Sin Temple
        Wong Tai Sin Temple
        Wong Tai Sin Temple is one of the most famous shrines in Hong Kong. It is dedicated to Wong Tai Sin, or the Great Immortal Wong. The 18,000-m² Taoist temple is famed for the many prayers answered: "What you request is what you get" via a practice called kau cim...

        , Kowloon - since 1956 (161 soothsayers' stalls and 40 temple goods stalls)
    • Commemoration hall:
      • Virtue Court, 130 Hollywood Road - since 1993

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