Offices and amenity rooms occupy this red-brick Georgian house at the junction of Western St and Third St. The listed building was opened in 1922 as the Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital to offer obstetrics and gynaelogical services and to train midwives for the British colony. It's not open to the public.
Western District Community Centre
Hong Kong
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