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- Kwong Wah Hospital
Completed in 1911, Kwong Wah Hospital was founded by local Chinese leaders and the directors of Tung Wah Hospital. It was the Kowloon branch of Tung Wah Hospital. A massive redevelopment of the Kwong Wah Hospital took place in 1958, but the main hall, which has rich Chinese architectural style, was preserved. The main hall was subsequently converted into Tung Wah Museum, collecting and displaying the archives and artefacts of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (Tung Wah Hospital, Kwong Wah Hospital and Tung Wah Eastern Hospital amalgamated in 1931 into the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals).
- The main hall of the then Kwong Wah Hospital
The main hall of the then Kwong Wah Hospital, which is now used as Tung Wah Museum.
- The main hall of Tung Wah Museum
The main hall of Tung Wah Museum demonstrates rich Chinese architectural style.
- The main entrance gateway of Tung Wah Coffin Home
The Tung Wah Coffin Home was established by Tung Wah Hospital in 1899. It is a temporary coffins and bones depository for the deceased overseas Chinese and local residents awaiting transfer to their birthplace. The Tung Wah Coffin Home comprises a complex of mixed style buildings constructed in various periods of time. It is the only coffin home still in use in Hong Kong today.
- The halls in Tung Wah Coffin Home
The halls in Tung Wah Coffin Home.
- Gown of a Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals
This set of cheongsam and mandarin jacket was worn by Dr. Lee Sam Yuen when he served as Director and later Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals between 2001 and 2009.
- Wooden plaque of Tung Wah Coffin Home and Tung Wah Hospital
Hall rental price list of the Tung Wah Coffin Home on a wooden plaque in 1924 is on the left.
Terms and conditions of boat hire through the Tung Wah Hospital, listed on a wooden plaque is on the right. The plaque lists the prices and conditions of boat hire for the coffin and bone repatriation services to the Mainland through the Tung Wah Hospital.
- Old Mental Hospital (Medical Staff Quarters of the Government Civil Hospital)
Originally, this building housed the Medical Staff Quarters of the Government Civil Hospital. The quarters was completed in 1892 and later converted into the female wards of the Mental Hospital in 1939. In 1998, it was redeveloped into the Sai Ying Pun Community Complex. Its rusticated granite facade in early Baroque architectural style has been preserved. The building is commonly named as the "Mental Hospital" or the "High Street Haunted House".
- Facade of the old Mental Hospital on High Street
Facade of the old Mental Hospital on High Street in 1991.
- Old Pathological Institute (Bacteriological Institute)
Built in 1905, this was Hong Kong's first bacteriological institute. The headquarters of the institute (later renamed Pathological Institute) was relocated in 1960, but the building was still used for vaccine development until the 1970s. It was turned into the Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences in 1995. Its Edwardian architectural style with parapet walls decorated with a Dutch gable and obelisk-shaped finials is rare in Hong Kong.