The United Services Recreation Club ( USRC ) ( Chinese : 三軍會 ; lit. 'three armed-forces club') is a club located on Gun Club Hill Barracks site at Gascoigne Road in Kowloon, Hong Kong . Originally it was a British colonial establishment but now is a property of the People's Liberation Army after they took over the barracks on 1 July 1997.
14-497: The club was founded in 1911 for the benefit of British officer-level personnel. It was considered one of the key social clubs for military officers. During the Japanese occupation, it was used by Japanese military personnel. Queen Elizabeth Hospital was built on the USRC's former golf course. After the handover of Hong Kong to China, the land on which the USRC is located is now property of
28-435: A new surgical centre with 21 operating theatres opened in 2000. Specialties: Others: Yau Tsim Mong District Yau Tsim Mong District is one of 18 districts of Hong Kong , located on the western part of Kowloon Peninsula . It is the core urban area of Kowloon . The district has the second highest population density of all districts, at 49,115 km (18,963 sq mi). The 2016 By-Census recorded
42-631: A tertiary referral center for major specialties. It is also a teaching center for basic and post-graduate training of doctors, nurses and allied health professionals. Through its cluster network, the hospital is closely linked with Kwong Wah Hospital and the United Christian Hospital for acute services, as well as Kowloon Hospital and Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital for convalescent rehabilitation and hospice services. Other general and specialty services are supported by Wong Tai Sin Hospital ,
56-501: A two-year training post of Family Physicians in QEH in July 1996 to promote high quality health care practitioners and expanded the initiative into a wider programme with corporate support in 1997. It is now an established mandate for HA. To meet growing demand for its services, a number of renovation and reconstruction projects were carried out. These include air conditioning for all hospital wards by
70-540: Is one of the largest district general hospital in Hong Kong . It was named after Queen Elizabeth II . Queen Elizabeth Hospital is a major tertiary hospital in southern Kowloon , with over 1,900 beds. It employs more than 500 physicians and surgeons. The hospital was once the largest in the Commonwealth . Queen Elizabeth Hospital was officially opened on 6 September 1963 by then Governor of Hong Kong, Robert Black . At
84-590: Is the largest acute hospital in Hong Kong despite not being a teaching hospital. The hospital has a full complement of services including 24-hour Accident and Emergency and specialist services. Clinics are located at three different sites to serve the district. They are the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Specialist Clinic , Yau Ma Tei Polyclinic , and the 'L' Block Clinic. The hospital provides high-intensity care for all clinical specialties, and
98-628: The East Kowloon Clinic and Pamela Youde Clinic. To enhance community participation, an annual health promotion programme and a patient resource centre were established in 1993, giving support to seven self-help patient groups. The hospital organised a Healthwork Campaign for the staffs of 28 hotels in Yau Tsim Mong District and formed partnership programmes with the Hong Kong Hotels Association in 1995–96. In 1994–96,
112-593: The PLA garrison. However, according to previous agreements the PLA has not intervened with the club's activities, and shares no profits. In 2011, a book was published called Trees of the United Services Recreation Club . From the beginning, the club admitted civilian members in order to balance out the transient nature of the military population. Today, the majority of members are civilians. A corporate member needs to pay one-off payment of HK$ 651,000 to join
126-787: The club while the ordinary membership fee is HK$ 300,000. In addition there is monthly subscription fee of HK$ 1,390. USRC sponsors various sporting activities, most notably the USRC Tigers RFC , a semi-professional rugby union team as well as youth teams. The nearby King's Park is seen as the home ground for the club's rugby and football teams. Main facilities provided by the club include a bowling green , an outdoor swimming pool, and four floodlit tennis courts. There are also indoor or outdoor courts for cricket, squash, basketball, etc. Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Hong Kong) Queen Elizabeth Hospital ( Chinese : 伊利沙伯醫院 ; Cantonese Yale : Yīleihsābaak Yīyún ), QE or QEH in short,
140-606: The end of 1996. With a donation from the Hong Kong Jockey Club , the Jockey Club Institute of Radiotherapy and Oncology, and the Jockey Club Institute of Radiology and Imaging were redeveloped. Redevelopment of the Ambulatory Care Centre, with specialist clinics, day surgery and rehabilitation services included under one roof, was completed by 1997. The new Rehabilitation Block opened for service in 1999, and
154-455: The hospital completed some major service expansion projects. They included the provision of an Open Heart and Thoracic Surgical Services and an Adolescent Medical Centre. A 24-hour multidisciplinary trauma service was introduced in 1995–96, and various patient-centred services re-organisations were introduced. The medical record system and electronic medical record systems were also introduced in phases beginning in 1994. The hospital pioneered
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#1732848677335168-537: The three aforementioned major areas. The district was once called Yau Ma Tei District. It was renamed Yau Tsim District from 1 April 1988 to "remove any misconception that Tsim Sha Tsui was an administrative district separate from Yau Ma Tei". Yau Tsim District and Mong Kok District were merged in 1994 to form the new Yau Tsim Mong District. Six MTR lines serve this district: the Tsuen Wan line , Kwun Tong line , Tung Chung line , East Rail line , Tuen Ma line and
182-570: The time, it was the largest general hospital in the British Commonwealth , built at a cost of HK$ 70,300,000. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh laid the hospital's foundation stone on 7 March 1959. The hospital is now the largest public hospital in Kowloon. It has 1,906 beds and 13 clinical departments, and a staff force of about 6,850. It serves an effective population of about 900,000 and about one-third of all cancer patients in Hong Kong. It
196-531: The total population of Yau Tsim Mong District at 342,970. Yau Tsim Mong District contains the urban areas of Yau Ma Tei , Tsim Sha Tsui , and Mong Kok , as well as Ferry Point , King's Park , Kwun Chung , Tai Kok Tsui , Tsim Sha Tsui East , the Union Square and Kowloon Point . Formerly two districts, the Yau Tsim District and Mong Kok District , it was combined in 1994. Its name is an acronym of
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