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Morrison Hill

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Morrison Hill (Chinese: 摩理臣山 or 摩利臣山) is an area and the location of a former hill between Wan Chai and Happy Valley, on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong.

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Morrison Hill
Morrison Hill Road, Hong Kong Island Wan Chai (Wan Chai District)

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摩理臣山道 Morrison Hill Road

Morrison Hill Road
Hong Kong Island, Wan Chai (Wan Chai District)
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Tang Shiu Kin Hospital
Tang Shiu Kin Hospital

Tang Shiu Kin Hospital (Chinese: 鄧肇堅醫院; Cantonese Yale: Dahngsiuhgīn Yīyún) is a hospital on Morrison Hill in Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It was opened in 1969 to replace the Eastern Public Dispensary and other clinics on Hong Kong Island. The hospital merged administratively and operationally with Ruttonjee Hospital in 1998 to form one hospital and is a critical centre for emergency and vehicular accidents. It was named after its benefactor, the late Sir Tang Shiu-kin, Kt, C.B.E., LL.D. O.S.T. (Japan), J.P., KStJ, a famous Hong Kong philanthropist. The Hong Kong Government and the Hospital Authority had approved a project to remodel the Tang Shiu Kin Hospital into a Community Ambulatory Care Centre. The remodelling project commenced in December 2002 and the new building was handed over to the hospital management on 1 April 2005. The centre houses a Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic, A&E Training Centre, Family Medicine Training Centre, Integrated Clinic, Staff Clinic, Community Nursing Service, Pharmacy, Integrated Palliative Day Care Centre, Violet Peel General Outpatient Clinic, Wellness in Action and Allied Health Departments including Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy. Formerly, some of the departments now parts of TSKH were located in Southorn Centre above Wan Chai MTR station, but had been move to TSKH since the hospital converted into a Community Ambulatory Care Centre, such as the Violet Peel General Out-patient Clinic.

Brandon Learning Centre

The Brandon Learning Centre is the first school in Hong Kong to offer public speaking classes based around English Speaking Board assessments. The English Speaking Board was founded in 1954 and the qualifications are regulated by the UK Office of Qualifications and Examinations RegulationThe school was founded in 2006, by Jessica Ogilvy-Stuart, PhD, and Andrew Cathcart, M.A., M.Ed, with the aim of developing confidence in spoken English and preparing students for overseas studies. The initial opening was supported by InvestHK and the school is regulated by the Education Bureau. A second centre opened in Jordan, Kowloon in 2011 and Brandon operates a joint venture programme in China.The curriculum expanded to include preparation for entry to British, Australian, Canadian and U.S. schools and in 2007 the school began offering both Common Entrance examinations run by the Independent Schools Examination Board including the ISEB pre-test, and Winchester College Entrance examinations. Of the 300+ students enrolled at any one time, between 25 - 35% leave Hong Kong to attend overseas schools including Eton College, Winchester College, Radley College, Cheltenham Ladies' College, Wycombe Abbey, Westminster School, Tonbridge School, Oundle School, Downe House School, Summerfields, Pilgrims and Cothill.Students compete in a number of external speech competitions including the Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival. The school also holds biannual shows at the Hong Kong Club which benefit Helping Hand, a charity caring for the elderly and Operation Santa Claus which supports a number of Hong Kong charitiesTeachers are recruited from the United Kingdom. Students are from varied of backgrounds and range in age from 4 - 13. The school also provides lessons in speech and drama to local schools including Queen's College, Hong Kong, La Salle College, Diocesan Boys' Primary Division Independent Schools Foundation Academy and the Victoria and Shanghai Academy Victoria Educational Organisation.