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The British Military Hospital was a hospital in Hong Kong for the use of the British garrison. It was located at Bowen Road from 1907 to 1967. It was built between 1903 and 1906, and officially opened on 1 July 1907. Often referred to simply as the Bowen Road Hospital, the first generation hospital was a 150-bed hospital constructed of red brick. It consisted of two blocks, each of 3 stories, configured with wards and a central administrative block. It had commanding views of the harbour.〔Military Hospital, Bowen Road, Hong Kong Museum of History〕 During the Japanese occupation, a portion of the hospital was used for the care of prisoners of war. It continued in use until 1967, when it was turned over to the colonial government. The facility was moved to a site in Kowloon. ==Post de-commissioning== Between 1967 and 1972, it became the temporary location for the new Island School, which had obtained a five-year lease from the Government.〔(Memories of Island School ), Geoffrey Speak, Island School〕 The east wing is now home to the (Jewish International) Carmel School,〔Reuters, (Carmel 'playgroup' confounds critics ), ''The Standard'', 21 April 1999 〕 and the Canadian International School occupied the west wing of the building from 1994 to 1999, when the Canadian school moved to new premises in Aberdeen. Former hospital buildings on the adjacent site on Borrett Road, vacated in 1969, were used by the Chinese International School during the 1980s.〔Simon Macklin, (Demand pressures prestige school to look for fixed site ), ''South China Morning Post'', 8 September 1987〕 The 10 Borrett Road site became the first home to the West Island School, from 1991 to 1994,〔(The History of West Island School ), West Island School, Accessed 23 June 2007〕 and is being used by the Island School.〔Teddy Ng, (Foreign schools cry for land ), ''The Standard'', 29 June 2005〕 In the 1986 Mid Levels Plan, the site was zoned to become open space. In May 2001, the Town Planning Board re-zoned it to "government, community and institutional use" on the recommendation of the Planning Department and the Antiquities and Monuments Office, allowing the buildings to be preserved.〔Susan Schwartz, (Old soldier saved ), ''The Standard'', 5 May 2001〕 The Main Block and the Annex Block of the Old British Military Hospital are Grade I historic buildings since 2009.〔Antiquities and Monuments Office: (List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings in Building Assessment (as of 10 September 2013) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「British Military Hospital, Hong Kong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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