The Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese (Chinese: 香港華人西醫書院) was the first college in Hong Kong to fully adopt and accept Western medical science practices. It was established in 1887, and was considered a break through in opening up western medical research and development to the Far East.
Today the college renamed Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong.
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