 The Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Charity Foundation ("Foundation") has been established with a history of over 120
years since 1887. In 1887, Sir Ho Kai generously made a donation for the building of the Alice Memorial Hospital in memory of her beloved wife who died in 1884. It was the first hospital in Hong Kong that served the local poor Chinese with western medicine. The Hospital, under the management of the former London Missionary Society (now known as the Council for World Mission), aimed to serve patients and the community with the love, tenderness and care of Christ. Two other hospitals, Nethersole Hospital and Ho Miu Ling Hospital, were commissioned in 1893 and 1906 respectively. The three hospitals were then incorporated by Ordinance under the corporate name of The Executive Committee of The Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital ("EC, AHNH") in 1954. The Hospital was relocated from the Hong Kong Island to Tai Po, the northern part of the New Territories , in 1997. It is now a district acute general hospital and a member hospital of the New Territories East Cluster of the Hospital Authority.
Though having experienced the changes of over one century, we still endeavour to stick to the philosophy of serving with "compassionate love" and strive on providing multi-discipline medical and nursing care to the people of Hong Kong. In 1970's, the EC, AHNH assisted in the planning and commissioning of the United Christian Hospital in Kwun Tong. In 1993, the Hospital at mid-levels was decanted to Chai Wan and assisted in the commissioning of the Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, before relocation to Tai Po. The United Christian Nethersole Community Health Service was jointly established with the United Christian Medical Service in 1997 , the same year when we first established the Clinical Pastoral Education Training Centre . In 1999 and 2003, we extended our scope of service to operate the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Nursing Home in Kowloon Bay and Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Elderly Care Home in Sau Mau Ping, Kwun Tong, which provide quality long term nursing care to senior citizens. We established the Nethersole Institute of Continuing Holistic Health Education in 2001 to further develop and to promulgate Holistic Health and Care Culture, and to promote the Nethersole spirit of compassionate love, through education and research.
In order to fully reflect, facilitate and enhance the development of our diversified services, as well as to avoid the confusion that may arise as the name of EC, AHNH also bears the name of the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, which is under the management and control of the Hospital Authority, the corporate name of EC, AHNH was changed to "Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Charity Foundation" upon the enactment of the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Charity Foundation Ordinance (Ordinance No. 13 of 2008) in May 2008. Despite the change of corporate name, the said Ordinance provides for the constitution and functions of the Foundation, and that EC, AHNH is preserved and continues in existence as a body corporate under the new corporate name of the Foundation, by which its corporate identity, rights and obligations are not being affected but to continue.
In the coming years, we shall continue to commit and dedicate ourselves to the provision of holistic health care services for the community. | 
