Welfare and social services Christianity in Hong Kong

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1 welfare , social services

1.1 education

1.1.1 post-secondary institutions
1.1.2 kindergarten, primary , secondary schools


1.2 medical services





welfare , social services

in catholic community, caritas official social welfare arm of church in hong kong. these services open people. indeed, 95 per cent of have benefited wide range of services provided diocese not catholics. catholic french sisters of st. paul de chartres 1 of first orphanage , elderly home established in 1848.


in protestant communities, hong kong sheng kung hui has been responsive social needs, providing wide array of social services, aiming @ achieving fair, , loving society. @ present, many social service organizations , social service models in hong kong initiated , promoted church. services provided church multi-faceted, including services family , child-care, children , youth, elderly, rehabilitation service, community development service , other supportive services. there more 230 units providing social service run hong kong sheng kung hui @ present.


education

prior 1841, territory know today hong kong extension of imperial china many centuries. changes come arrival of british colonialization in 1841. @ first hong kong s education came protestant , catholic missionaries provided social services. italian missionaries began provide boy-only education british , chinese youth in 1843.


post-secondary institutions

the first school open western medical practice far east hong kong college of medicine chinese in 1887; formed under frederick lugard, governor of hong kong , established london missionary society, christian-based missionary, @ time. nucleus of school later create foundation new , renamed hong kong university in 1910.


there 3 post-secondary institutions (the chung chi college of chinese university of hong kong, hong kong baptist university , lingnan university) run protestant community in hong kong. in addition, operate 16 theological seminaries , bible institutes, 16 christian publishing houses , 57 christian bookshops. caritas francis hsu college self-financing degree-granting institution, established caritas hong kong.


kindergarten, primary , secondary schools

in education, there 320 catholic schools , kindergartens have 286,000 pupils. there catholic board of education assist in area. protestant churches run 144 secondary schools, 192 primary schools, 273 kindergartens , 116 nurseries in 33 secondary schools , more 50 primary schools established hong kong sheng kung hui. notable many schools run church has been getting outstanding results in public examinations, such diocesan boys school, diocesan girls school , st. paul s co-educational college.


medical services

the protestant community in hong kong runs 7 hospitals. hospitals includes pamela youde nethersole eastern hospital (co-managed hospital authority), hong kong baptist hospital (private hospital), united christian hospital (co-managed hospital authority), alice ho miu ling nethersole hospital (co-managed hospital authority), evangel hospital (private hospital), haven of hope hospital (co-managed hospital authority).


some of these hospitals have served hong kong long period of time. tsan yuk hospital set london missionary society in 1922 , become government hospital in 1934.hong kong adventist hospital , tsuen wan adventist hospital other christian-based hospitals.


six hospitals managed catholic community in hong kong. 3 hospitals in hong kong managed caritas-hong kong, catholic-based charity organization: caritas medical centre, canossa hospital , precious blood hospital. st paul s hospital , st teresa s hospital managed sisters of st. paul de chartres order, catholic based organization. our lady of maryknoll hospital founded in 1961 maryknoll sisters.



the establishment of pamela youde nethersole eastern hospital

before establishment of hospital, there 3 government clinics no hospitals in eastern district, district population of 440,000 in 1980s. injuries of eastern district shared 40% of death of hong kong island s injuries reaching hospitals ambulance, according report christian-based charity organization. in august 1982, several churches in district formed organization force colonial government establish hospital, leading establishment of pamela youde nethersole eastern hospital. organization urged government improve medical service provided in district.








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