Decision of Board of Chinese Mission to Lepers The' Chinese Mission to Lepers, at its board meeting held on Sept. 21 in the Navy Y.M.C.A., appointed an ion Committee composing S. Fung, P. K. Chu, Win, Vinson Lee, T. C. Wu, and Dr.
S. Tyau to prepare for the early realization of a leper hospital to be situated somewhere in Shanghai.
Mr. Sing Kno, the chief secretary to the Commissioner of Health for Greater Shanghai Municipality, in representing the Commissioner, said that the latter was very favourable to the project and that he would do the best he could to help the Mission to realize such a noble scheme for the relief of those suffering from the horrible malady.
Proposals were made that written appeals should be presented both to the Health Commissioner and to th Mayor for a donation of public land not less than ten mow in a quiet section of the city, preferably at Kiangwan or Woosung. With such influential men as Mr. S. S. Pung on the Preparation Committee and the support of the Municipal Government the public is assured that the Shanghai Leper Hospital will make its appearance in the distant future. It is the hope of the Committee to make the hospital not only a model of its kind, but also treatment of Leprosy their speciality.
Mention might be made here that the Chinese Mission to Lopers had already raised several thousand dol.
's for this specific purpose, Tite, Chinese General Chamber of Commerce has addressed letters to the various Chinese organizations in the Straits Settlements, British North Borneo, Dutch East Indies and Borneo, Siam and French iIndlo-China recommending that they should contribute funds for national constructive purposes and the disbandment of the army Two delegates are being sent south by the Ministry of Finance to ealleet such ands. articles are requested to send them to the addresses in-ated below, attaching a chit bear-1g a description of the article and the name of the donor.
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