History
The College was the predecessor of the Medical Faculty of the University of Hong Kong. The London Missionary Society founded the establishment. Important initiatives were led by notable members like Dr Patrick Manson, an experienced medical practitioner who made his fame in the realm of tropical medicine. Having served in the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs as a medical officer for 18 years, he took up private practice in Hong Kong from 1883 to 1889. Sir Kai Ho Kai was also a member of the Chinese elite in Colonial Hong Kong. He played a major role in convincing the Chinese population that western medicine was acceptable and a new alternative in a culture that have largely been dominated by traditional Chinese medicine.
In 1907 the school was renamed to Hong Kong College of Medicine. In 1908 it was authorized to sign death certificates. The nucleus of the school would later create the foundation for the new and renamed Hong Kong University in 1910. The Chinese society at the time was not quite ready for western medicine at the time. As a result, many of the medical graduates were actually unemployed.
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