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The first formal meeting of the Young Men’s Christian Association (with 160 young men present) was held at Radley’s Hotel on November 8, 1844. The objective of the YMCA was then defined as the improvement of the spiritual condition of young men employed in the drapery and other trades.
YMCA of Hong Kong was established in 1901 as a charitable organization in Hong Kong, headquartered in Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. [1] It is dedicated to the furtherance of justice , peace , hope and truth in the Hong Kong and international community.
YMCA of Hong Kong Christian College opened. Built the YMCA Jintang Primary School in Sichuan, China.
Being a non-subvented non-governmental organisation, the Young Men's Christian Association of Hong Kong (YMCA of Hong Kong) strives to provide all-round services for those in needs, to improve the quality of life for the underprivileged families and to foster intercultural harmony.
Since the opening of the building in 1918, the Bridges Street Centre was the first headquarters building of the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong, has been providing a wide range of social services there, witnessing the development of social services in Hong Kong.
To celebrate the centenary of Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong’s Bridges Street Centre, Hong Kong’s last remaining elevated running track and the Centre’s assembly hall, where Lu Xun delivered his famous lectures in 1927, will be opened to the public this November.
The YMCA was first established in Hong Kong in 1901. The Council of YMCAs of Hong Kong was established in 1961 to act as a coordinating body of the two constituent local YMCAs, the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong and YMCA of Hong Kong.
