Seamen's Institute
Hong Kong seamen training school
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Seamen's Institute (Chinese: 海員訓練學校) was an institute training seamen in Hong Kong.[1][2] It was located at 8, Praya East which is now the Harcourt Building at Gloucester Road, Wan Chai.
TraditionalChinese海員訓練學校
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In the early days of Hong Kong Scouting, the Boy Scouts Association, Hong Kong Branch conducted non-regular activities in the institute. The Colony Commissioner, the Reverend George Turner Waldegrave, of the branch was the chaplain in charge of the Seamen's Institute.
