Fanling Babies Home [????-1992] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Fanling Babies Home [????-1992]

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Submitted by philk on Tue, 2018-10-02 00:37
Current condition: 
Demolished / No longer exists
Date Place demolished: 
c.1992-12-31 (Month, Day are approximate)

Former mansion turned into orphanage. Demolished and redveloped into factory building called World Trade Square.

Tags: 
On Lok Tsuen
orphanage
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Photos that show this place

1989
1989
1989

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Submitted by David on Thu, 2018-10-04 17:27.

Thanks Phil, good to see some photos of this building.

A few dates from the Fanling Babies Home History web page:

  • 1940 - China Children's Fund rents this Fanling estate (The estate, on Main Street in Fanling, was originally rented from an elderly Chinese landlord who had built the estate to accommodate his family and relatives.)
  • 1966 - The Fanling Babies Home relocated to the new Pine Hill Babies Home in Taipo
  • 1992 - These buildings were torn down

Submitted by philk on Thu, 2018-10-04 19:42.

One of the best collections of its multiple appearances on screen can be found here.

Submitted by John Budge on Mon, 2018-10-08 17:19.

The building still exists and is used as a school at Hong Chi Pinehill Village. When the charity which operated the Babies Home left Hong Kong they donated their land at Tai Po to The Hong Kong Association for the Mentally Handicapped which was later renamed Hong Chi Association. Hong Chi is one of Hong Kong's largest NGOs and operates many special schools and centres through out Hong Kong.   I was the Chairman of Hong Chi Assocation from 1987 to 2004.

Submitted by philk on Mon, 2018-10-08 17:37.

Hi John

As far as I am aware this actual building was located in On Lok Tsuen in Fanling, not Taipo. Perhaps you are confusing it with the building they used when they moved to Taipo in 1966?
The film stills don't really do it justice, but if you click on the other link I provided above you can see what it looked like in its full former glory.

Regards

Phil

Submitted by John Budge on Mon, 2018-10-08 17:39.

Hi Phil,

Thank you for your email. I am not confused.  I am talking about the building in Tai Po not Fanling.

Regards,

John

Submitted by philk on Mon, 2018-10-08 17:42.

Hi John

Understood. This page refers to the original mansion in Fanling which was demolished in 1992.

Thanks

Phil