Mackay Memorial Hospital celebrates 130th anniversary

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      Taiwan Church News

      3055 Edition

      September 13~19, 2010

       

       

      Mackay Memorial Hospital celebrates 130th anniversary

       

      Reported by Lin Yi-ying

      Written by Lydia Ma

      Photo by Lin Yi-ying

       

       

      About 300 management-level employees from Mackay Memorial 
Hospital (MMH) in Taiwan 

      gathered in Tamsui on September 11, 2010 to pay tribute to Dr. 
George Leslie Mackay and 

      celebrate the 130th anniversary of MMH. They had come from all 
4 MMH branches across 

      Taiwan. MMH currently has branches in Taipei, Tamsui, Hsinchu, 
and Taitung.

       



      Led by Tamsui Mayor Tsai Yeh-wei who is also a Christian, the 
crowd retraced Mackay’s 

      steps starting from the shores of Tamsui River, the very spot 
where he first set foot in Taiwan, 

      and sang hymns and prayed as they went along. 

       



      The crowd stopped by Tamsui Presbyterian Church, followed by 
Tamkang High School to visit 

      Mackay’s graveside to lay flowers, before coming to their final 
destination at Aletheia 

      University where they toured Mackay’s old living quarters, the 
old Oxford College founded by 

      Mackay in 1872, and concluded this special day with a 
thanksgiving service followed by a banquet.

       



      MMH CEO Chuang Kun-ming especially thanked MMH staff during his 
special address, 

      commending them for their tireless efforts in ensuring that 
Mackay’s legacy and PCT’s motto 

      – “burning yet not consumed” – continued to live on in 
contemporary Taiwanese society.

       

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