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1/ Reading and Traveling with your Children around the Big Big World

Date: 2023/10/7 (Saturday)
Time: 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Venue: Sha Tin Public Library (Extension Activities Room)
Description: Information available in Chinese only.

1/ Creative Writing Workshops for Youths in 2023 : Mini Novels : Less is More

Date & Time: 2, 9, 16 and 23 September ; 7, 14, 21 and 28 October 2023 (Saturday)
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
[Application Deadline : 3 August 2023]
Venue: Kowloon Public Library (Extension Activities Room)
Description:
To promote literary creation and cultivate an interest in Chinese creative writing among young people.

1/ Circle of Life: Evolution of Obstetrics and Midwifery

Date: 2023/10/7 (Saturday)
Time: 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Venue: Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre)
Description: The evolution of medical practices and technologies in Hong Kong sheds light on the development of the city’s obstetric services. In the “Age of Wenpo (Chinese midwives)” more than a century ago, women gave birth at home. Subsequently, western midwives were introduced and the government vigorously encouraged women to give birth in hospitals in an effort to reduce maternal and infant mortality rates. The demand for midwives surged as a result. After the Second World War, society gradually stabilised, and while the demand for obstetric services continued to grow, a baby boom put the obstetric services of public hospitals under unbearable strain. Indeed, the development of obstetrics was inextricably linked with society and people’s livelihood.
The obstetric services of Kwong Wah Hospital played a major role in the development of Obstetrics in Hong Kong. Countless babies have been born in the hospital since its establishment in 1911. In 2017, Kwong Wah Hospital transferred the records of its Labour Room from 1935 to 1991 to the TWGHs Records and Heritage Office for permanent preservation and research purposes. In this talk, the speaker will offer a detailed account of how obstetric and midwife services were linked to social development in Hong Kong. She will also share the insights she gained from examining the records of the Labour Room of Kwong Wah Hospital.
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