A482
Ord. No. 74/88
QUEEN ELIZABETH FOUNDATION FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED
HONG KONG
No. 74 OF 1988
L.S.
I assent.
David Robert FORD,
Deputy to the Governor.
21 July 1988
An Ordinance to establish the Queen Elizabeth Foundation for the Mentally Handicapped and to provide for the administration thereof and for matters connected therewith.
Preamble
WHEREAS
[22 July 1988]
Short title
Interpretation
(a) a net profit has accrued and will accrue from the sale of gold coins by the Government to commemorate the visit to Hong Kong in 1986 of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II;
(b) Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to permit Her name to be associated with the establishment of a foundation to apply that net profit for the furtherance of the welfare, education and training of the mentally handicapped in Hong Kong; and
(c) the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club has generously agreed to
donate moneys towards the establishment of such a foundation:
NOW THEREFORE BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows—
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Queen Elizabeth Foundation for the Mentally Handicapped Ordinance 1988.
2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires--
"committee" means a committee established under section 7(1);
"Council" means the Council of the Foundation established under section 5;