Tung Wah Group of Hospitals

The Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (traditional Chinese: 東華三院), with a long history from 1870, is the oldest and the largest charitable organisation in Hong Kong. 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.

In Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences, there is a gallery (Tung Wah Group of Hospitals' Gallery) which displays the exhibits of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals.

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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 (1890), Kwong Wah Hospital (1911) and Tung Wah Eastern Hospital (1929) founded by local Chinese. In 1931, three hospitals formed a group.

Board of directors

The board of directors is essentially an honours list accorded to the most important donors in any particular year, and is seen by the local tabloid press as an illustration of up and coming socialites. The board of directors' duty is to assure that the largest charity organization in Hong Kong is properly maintained. In addition, the body works hand in hand with the Hong Kong Government to share issues about Hong Kong. It was once a common preception that members within the board only had to donate and provide financial assistance to the organization. However, this is just one of the factor within their day to day role. All appointments to the board of directors of the group require the approval of the Government of Hong Kong. Current Chairman: Peter ONG

Hospitals

Five hospitals are under the umbrella of the group, including Tung Wah Hospital, Kwong Wah Hospital, Tung Wah Eastern Hospital, TWGHs 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.

Schools

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 include:

• Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Chen Zao Men College
• Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Wong Fut Nam College
• Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Mrs Wu York Yu Memorial College
• Tung Wah Group of Hospitals S. C. Gaw Memorial College
• Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Kap Yan Directors' College
• Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Li Ka Shing College
• Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Yau Tze Tin Memorial college
• Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Chang Ming Thien College

Primary schools include:

• Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Chow Yin Sum Primary School
• Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Wong See Sum Primary School

Museum

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

Coffin Home

Tung Wah Coffin Home is managed by Tung Wah Group of Hospitals.

See also

• Pok Oi Hospital