[2] Béthanie and the nearby Dairy Farm cowsheds were allocated in 2003 to the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

Situated between the pine trees, with the seaview of the coast, Béthanie's geographical site provided an ideal restorative place for the French priests to recover from tropical diseases at that time.

[5][6] Originally bought from a certain J.J. dos Remedios in June 1873,[7] in 1875, the Missions Étrangères de Paris, led by Pierre-Marie Osouf, finished building Béthanie to serve as a place for priests and missionaries from all over Asia to recover from tropical diseases before returning to their missions.

During its early years, Béthanie suffered many deaths of missionaries due to the immature medicinal technology as well as the spread of incurable tuberculosis.

Holhaan found supplies to be stretched and rooms to be overcrowded, therefore leading to his first plan of enlargement for Béthanie in 1890s.

The problem arose of whether or not nuns from the French Convent of St. Paul de Chartres in Hong Kong could be invited to help with patient care in the sanatorium.

Holhaan felt that priorities of Béthanie's future lay within the expansion of the building and in 1896 construction began and was completed within the following year.

[11] In desperation for fuel, the Japanese devastated the 50-year-old coniferous trees that covered the grounds of the sanatorium, leaving it bare.

At the end of the war, Japanese surrender led to a prompt return of the Missions Étrangères de Paris back to Béthanie.

In the years of recovery, patients were sent to the French Hospital run by the Sisters of St Paul de Chartres as the new superior of Béthanie since 1946, Fr Vignal, supervised the refurbishment of the house which was re opened in February 1949.

In an exchange of land agreement, the Hong Kong government took Béthanie subject to a demolition order.

In 1978, a group of students studying at the University of Hong Kong occupied the buildings while waiting for an additional accommodation on campus to be constructed.

Throughout the time period of 1978 - 1997, Béthanie continued to be used by the University of Hong Kong as a storage warehouse, where it slowly deteriorated due to neglect.

It took roughly three years to complete the project (including renovation and search for missing artefacts) and cost an estimated HK $80 million.

[4] George C. Tso Memorial Chapel Designed with a neo-Gothic structure, the George C. Tso Memorial Chapel has been used since 17 December 2006 for regular religious service by the Emmanuel Church-Pokfulam, a daughter church of St. John's Cathedral (Anglican), which carries on the historical Christian use of the site.

The first octagon is a foyer and exhibition area; the second is an intimate 150 seat performance space equipped with advanced acoustics for music and audio/visual support for seminars, film screenings and corporate events.

It was not until the restoration project when the distinctive pitch roof was brought back into the design, using double-glazed panels of glass.

The studio has a floor area of 21 square metres (230 sq ft) is equipped with wall mirrors, dance bars, glazed windows and other technical facilities and non-permanent seating.

French architecture was seen as a vehicle for cultural interchange and its role in the formation of this distinctive Hong Kong identity was profound.

With a high ceiling and pitched roof, the George C. Tso Memorial Chapel is a typical illustration of neo-Gothic architectures in Béthanie, though in a much simpler style and smaller scale.

Examples are shown below: In 1964, on the premises of the Béthanie sanatorium in Pok Fu Lam, the first "small French-speaking school" was founded.

Over the years, the school has moved its location several times: from the Alliance française in Wan Chai to the Catholic centre, and then, in 1975, to the former military hospital on Borrett Road.

Once again, the school quickly reached its maximum capacity, and it became necessary to find additional premises in Kowloon to admit new students.

The French Mission building Béthanie in Pokfulam is one of their evident marks on Hong Kong history.