Lai Chi Kok Hospital

Hospital in Lai Chi Kok, Hong Kong

Lai Chi Kok Hospital

Geography
Location| 800 Castle Peak Road, Lai Chi Kok, Hong Kong
Coordinates| 22°20′17″N 114°08′31″E﻿ / ﻿22.337922°N 114.141976°E﻿ / 22.337922; 114.141976
History
Opened| 1938; 86 years ago (1938)
Closed| June 2004; 20 years ago (2004-06)
Links
Lists| Hospitals in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Graded Building – Grade III

Designated| 24 June 2010; 14 years ago (2010-06-24)
Reference no.| 845
Lai Chi Kok Hospital

Traditional Chinese| 荔枝角醫院
| Transcriptions

Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization| Laih jī gok yī yún
Jyutping| Lai6 zi1 gok3 ji1 jyun2

The former Lai Chi Kok Hospital, located at No.800 Castle Peak Road, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, was listed as one of the Grade III historic buildings in Hong Kong on 24 June 2010.[1] The site has now been transformed into Jao Tsung-I Academy under batch 1 of the Hong Kong Government's revitalisation scheme.[2]

In the 19th century, the hospital first served as a labourers' dormitory for The Chamber of Mines Labour Importation Agency. In 1912, the British Army set up the Lai Chi Kok Barracks and was stationed there for two years. It became Lai Chi Kok Internment Camp later in 1924. The camp was then closed until the establishment of Stanley Prison in 1937.

In the same year, Hong Kong became an epidemic zone under the spread of smallpox.[3] The site was then rebuilt as a hospital for infectious diseases. Those patients from the hospital for leprosy,[4] which was located in Hei Ling Chau and closed in 1974, were sent to the reconstructed hospital. The hospital was later changed to serve long-term psychiatric patients after the number of leprosy patients declined.

In the early 2000s, the Hospital Authority planned to send its 400 mental patients to different psychiatric hospitals and transformed the site into a long-term nursing home under the supervision of the Social Welfare Department for patients who were queuing for such service. While the SWD refused to take it over, the HA then set up H.A. Care Limited to manage the hospital. In June 2004, patients were relocated to Caritas Jockey Club Lai King Rehabilitation Centre, which was completed in April 2005, and was the former site of Lai Chi Kok Hospital, which was returned to the SAR government. At that time the site was planned to be reconstructed as the staff dormitory of Correctional Services Department as well as their families.

## Current situation

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Lai Chi Kok Hospital became one of seven buildings in the Revitalising Historic Buildings Through Partnership Scheme launched by Development Bureau in 2008.[5] The Hong Kong Cultural Heritage was successfully selected by The Hong Kong Institution for Promotion of Chinese Culture to carry out the project. The site is named Jao Tsung-I Academy promoting Chinese culture education. Phase 1 is open since June 2012 and phase 2 was completed in 2013.[2] Free public access is allowed to the Chinese landscaped gardens, conservation gallery and a heritage gallery. The area is around 32,000 m2 and the building is set up as a cultural hostel with 85 guest rooms.[2]

## Public review

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Editorials in Hong Kong commented on the slow revitalisation progress of the architecture. Apple Daily reported the re-denomination of the cultural center. It was named Hong Kong Cultural Legacy Centre (香港文化傳承中心), and later was named after the master of national art – Jao Tsung-I Academy.[6] Ta Kung Pao reported the delay due to filibuster in May.[7]

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lai Chi Kok Hospital.

1. ^ "Results of the Assessment of 1,444 Historic Buildings". Hong Kong: Antiquities Advisory Board. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
2. ^ a b c "Result of Selection for Batch I". Heritage. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
3. ^ "Hong Kong : An Epidemiological Transition from Third to First World ?" (PDF). Horizon.documentation.ird.fr. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
4. ^ "Leprosy in Hong Kong : From Hay Ling Chau to Cheung Sha Wan" (PDF). Medicine.org.hk. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
5. ^ "Batch I of Revitalisation Scheme – _Lai_Chi_Kok_Hospital". Government of Hong Kong. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
6. ^ \+ name +. "遲來的命名 高錕會議中心 饒宗頤文化館 | 蘋果日報 | 要聞港聞 | 20091231". Apple Daily. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
7. ^ "??" (PDF). Paper.takungpao.com. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

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Sham Shui Po District

Areas|

* Cheung Sha Wan
* Kowloon Tong (part)
* Lai Chi Kok
* Sham Shui Po
* Shek Kip Mei
* So Uk
* Yau Yat Chuen

Islands|

* Stonecutters Island

Landmarks|

* Caritas Medical Centre
* Cheung Sha Wan Plaza
* Dragon Centre
* Festival Walk
* Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park (CLOSED)
* Lai Chi Kok Hospital (CLOSED)
* Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum
* Mei Foo Sun Chuen
* Mei Ho House
* Nam Shan Estate
* Ngong Shuen Chau Naval Base
* North Kowloon Magistracy
* Parc Oasis
* Sham Shui Po Park
* So Uk Estate
* Woh Chai Shan
* Public housing estates in Cheung Sha Wan
* Public housing estates in Sham Shui Po
* Public housing estates in Shek Kip Mei
* Shek Kip Mei Estate

Transport|

| MTR stations|

* Cheung Sha Wan
* Kowloon Tong (part)
* Lai Chi Kok
* Mei Foo
* Nam Cheong
* Sham Shui Po
* Shek Kip Mei

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Education|

| Tertiary|

* City University of Hong Kong

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Primary and
secondary|

* Buddhist Tai Hung College
* Chan Shu Kui Memorial School
* Cheung Sha Wan Catholic Secondary School
* Holy Trinity College
* Kowloon Technical School
* Maryknoll Fathers' School
* Our Lady of the Rosary College
* Po Leung Kuk Choi Kai Yau School
* San Wui Commercial Society YMCA of Hong Kong Christian School
* St. Margaret's Co-educational English Secondary and Primary School
* Tack Ching Girls' Secondary School
* Tak Nga Secondary School
* The Church of Christ in China Ming Yin College
* Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Chang Ming Thien College
* Ying Wa College

History|

* Shek Kip Mei fire

This list is incomplete.

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Heritage conservation in Hong Kong

Government|

* Antiquities and Monuments Office
* Antiquities Advisory Board
* Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance
* Urban Renewal Authority

Lists|

* Declared monuments
* Grade I buildings
* Grade II buildings
* Grade III buildings
* Oldest buildings

Museums|

* Heritage Discovery Centre
* Heritage Museum
* Museum of History
* Government Records Service

Heritage trails|

* Central and Western
* Dr Sun Yat-sen Historical Trail
* Lung Yeuk Tau
* Pinewood Battery
* Ping Shan
* Tai Tam Waterworks
* Wan Chai

Schemes|

* Revitalising Historic Buildings Through Partnership Scheme
* Old industrial buildings revitalization

Notable cases|

| Demolished|

* Kowloon Station (1978)
* Hong Kong Club Building (1980)
* Edinburgh Place Ferry Pier (2006)
* Queen's Pier (2007)
* Lee Tung Street (2007)
* Ho Tung Gardens (2013)
* Tung Tak Pawn Shop (2015)
* Union Church (2017)

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Preserved|

* Ohel Leah Synagogue (1987)
* Morrison Building (2003)
* Jessville (2007)
* King Yin Lei (2007)
* Wing Lee Street (2011)
* State Theatre (2017)
* Ex-Sham Shui Po Service Reservoir (2020)

Relocated|

* Murray House (2002)
* Blake Pier (2007)

Pending|

* Nam Koo Terrace
* Nga Tsin Wai Tsuen
* Stone House (Diamond Hill)
* Wan Chai Police Station

Adaptive reuse|

| Completed|

* Blue House
* Bridges Street Market
* Central Market
* Chai Wan Factory Estate
* Dairy Farm cowsheds
* Dairy Farm Depot
* District Office North
* Former Explosives Magazine
* Fanling Magistracy
* Former French Mission Building
* Island House
* Kowloon British School
* Kowloon Fire Station
* Lai Chi Kok Hospital
* Lui Seng Chun
* Ma Tau Kok Animal Quarantine Depot
* Marine Police Headquarters
* Mei Ho House
* North Kowloon Magistracy
* Old House, Hoi Pa Village
* PMQ
* Former RAF Kai Tak station buildings
* Former Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club
* Shek Kip Mei Factory Estate
* Sheung Shui Police Station
* Stanley Police Station
* Tai Kwun (Central Police Station, Central Magistracy, Victoria Prison)
* Tai O Police Station
* Tai Po Police Station
* Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital
* Blocks of Victoria Barracks
* Wan Chai Post Office
* Western Market
* Blocks of Whitfield Barracks
* Yau Ma Tei Theatre

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Pending|

* British Military Hospital
* Engineer's Office of the Former Pumping Station
* Fong Yuen Study Hall
* Haw Par Mansion
* Homi Villa
* King Yin Lei
* Luen Wo Market
* No. 27 Lugard Road
* Tai Tam Tuk Raw Water Pumping Station Staff Quarters Compound
* Old House, Wong Uk Village

Facadism|

* Old Mental Hospital
* Wan Chai Market

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Hospitals in Hong Kong

Hospital
Authority|

| Hong Kong
East Cluster|

* Cheshire Home, Chung Hom Kok
* Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital
* Ruttonjee Hospital
* St. John Hospital
* Tang Shiu Kin Hospital
* Tung Wah Eastern Hospital
* Wong Chuk Hang Hospital

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Hong Kong
West Cluster|

* Grantham Hospital
* MacLehose Medical Rehabilitation Centre
* Queen Mary Hospital
* The Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital at Sandy Bay
* Tsan Yuk Hospital
* Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Fung Yiu King Hospital
* Tung Wah Hospital

Kowloon
Central Cluster|

* Centre of Excellence in Neuroscience
* Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital
* Hong Kong Children's Hospital
* Hong Kong Eye Hospital
* Kai Tak Hospital
* Kowloon Hospital
* Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Kowloon
East Cluster|

* United Christian Hospital
* Tseung Kwan O Hospital
* Haven of Hope Hospital

Kowloon
West Cluster|

* Caritas Medical Centre
* Kwai Chung Hospital
* Kwong Wah Hospital
* North Lantau Hospital
* Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital
* Princess Margaret Hospital
* Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Wong Tai Sin Hospital
* Yan Chai Hospital

New Territories
East Cluster|

* Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital
* Bradbury Hospice
* Cheshire Home, Shatin
* North District Hospital
* Prince of Wales Hospital
* Shatin Hospital
* Tai Po Hospital

New Territories
West Cluster|

* Castle Peak Hospital
* Pok Oi Hospital
* Siu Lam Hospital
* Tin Shui Wai Hospital
* Tuen Mun Hospital

Private|

| Hong Kong
Island|

* Canossa Hospital
* Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong
* Hong Kong Adventist Hospital – Stubbs Road
* Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital
* Matilda International Hospital
* St. Paul's Hospital

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Kowloon|

* Evangel Hospital
* St. Teresa's Hospital

New Kowloon|

* Hong Kong Baptist Hospital
* Precious Blood Hospital (Caritas)

New Territories|

* CUHK Medical Centre
* Hong Kong Adventist Hospital – Tsuen Wan
* Union Hospital

Other|

* Gun Club Hill Barracks Military Hospital
* Prince Philip Dental Hospital

Defunct|

* British Military Hospital
* Cheung Chau Fong Bin Hospital
* Government Civil Hospital
* Hong Kong Central Hospital
* Lai Chi Kok Hospital
* Lock Hospital
* Medical Missionary Hospital Hong Kong
* HMS Minden
* Nam Long Hospital
* Royal Naval Hospital
* Sai Ying Pun Hospital
* Seamen's Hospital
* Victoria Hospital, Hong Kong

Fictional|

* Mercy (Tzi Oi) Hospital (慈愛醫院) / Yan Oi Hospital (仁愛醫院)

Hospitals in italics are under planning or under construction.
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