Date: 6 March 2011
Let’s Join the Walk and Support the Museum!
To celebrate her 15th Anniversary, the Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences is going to organise a “Medical Heritage Fund-raising Walk” on Sunday, 6 March 2011. You are cordially invited to join the Walk. Please note down the date and bring your friends and family to this very special walk.
The walk is around the Tai Ping Shan Street area. In the 1890s, there was a plague epidemic in Hong Kong and the origin of which was believed to be in the Tai Ping Shan Street area. One of the reasons is the poor hygiene and crowded living conditions in the area. The government responded by mandatory cleaning up of the houses, pulling down some of the buildings and the clearing becomes the Blake Garden of today. A Bacteriolgical Institute was set up which becomes the Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences today.
The walk will start at the Museum and cover 16 historic spots in the Taipingshan and Sai Ying Pun Districts. It will include the former ambulance depot, the Water Lane from which people got their drinking water, the original sites in which the British soldier burnt the contaminated furniture, the Kwong Fook I-tsz, etc. There will also be a guided tour to the Ceremonial Hall of the Tung Wah Hospital which is usually closed to the public.
This event is jointly organized by the two University Medical Faculties, the Department of Health, the Hospital Authority, the Hong Kong Medical Association and the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals.
The Hong Kong Medical Association will organize two teams of 20 people each. Dr. HO Chung Ping will be the docent of one of the teams. Since Dr. HO had done some studies in this area, there will be numerous stories to tell in the tour.
For details please refer to the attached Poster and Enrolment Form. To join the HKMA Team, please contact the HKMA Secretariat at 2527 8285 or tracyguo@hkma.org (Tracy) on or before 23 February 2011. Registration will be accepted on a first come, first served basis.
The Hong Kong Medical Association
齊起步，一起支持香港醫學博物館！
為慶祝香港醫學博物館邁入十五週年，該館將於二零一一年三月六日(星期六)舉行「太平山醫學史蹟籌款步行」。我們誠意邀請您攜同親友參與這個饒富趣味的活動，一起漫步太平山。
該活動將於太平山街一帶展開。在十九世紀九十年代，香港曾鼠疫為患。太平山街一帶生條件欠佳，人口眾多，生活環境擁擠，被認為是疫病的起源地。政府因此強制清潔居所，推倒部份屋宇，騰出的空地成為了今天的卜公花園。細菌學檢驗所亦由此而建，而後演變為如今的香港醫學博物館。
步行路線由博物館開始，串連太平山及西營盤區十六個對香港醫療及公共生歷史發展有重要意義的地點。其中包括前救護站，供給居民飲用水的水巷，英軍燒毀被污染傢具的原址，廣福義祠等。各位參加者更可在導遊帶領下參觀平日不對外開放的東華醫院禮堂。
該活動由博物館學會聯同香港兩所大學醫學院、生署、醫院管理局、香港醫學會及東華三院共同合辦。香港醫學會期望可集結兩隊參加者，每二十人組成一隊。何仲平醫生將為其中一隊作嚮導，沿路與大家分享所蒐集的古蹟小故事。
詳情請參閱附件海報及報名表格。有興趣參加的會員，請於二零一一年二月二十三日前致電香港醫學會秘書處郭小姐（2527 8285）或以電郵(tracyguo@hkma.org)報名及查詢。活動名額以先到先得形式派出。多謝支持！
香港醫學會
Enrollment form here