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Webinar on the book "Fallen Leaves Returning to their Roots: A selection of Archives on the Bone Repatriation Service of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals for overseas Chinese"

June 22, 2022

To promote the history of the bone repatriation service of Tung Wah, the Records and Heritage Office joined hands with ETnet to organise a Webinar on the book "Fallen Leaves Returning to their Roots: A selection of Archives on the Bone Repatriation Service of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals for overseas Chinese". Experts from Hong Kong, Mainland and the US were invited to share views on the topic and efforts in preserving the related archives.  

Mr. KO Tim Keung, Local History Researcher, Associate Prof. Selia TAN, Institute for Guangdong Qiaoxiang Studies, Wuyi University and Dr. Sonia NG, Historian of the Chinese in America joined the online discussion to share views on the significances of Tung Wah's bone repatriation service. The programme with three episodes was aired on 8, 15 and 22 June 2022.

Programme link (ETnet website): https://projects.etnet.com.hk/clients/20220608_tungwahhistorywebinarseries/index.php

"Fallen Leaves Returning to their Roots: A selection of Archives on the Bone Repatriation Service of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals for overseas Chinese"
Mr. KO Tim Keung, Local History Researcher, Associate Prof. Selia TAN, Institute for Guangdong Qiaoxiang Studies, Wuyi University and Dr. Sonia NG, Historian of the Chinese in Americ