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Wednesday, March 15, 1972
TWO GRANTS FROM LOFTERIES FUND APPROVED
A resolution seeking approval for the allocation of two grants
totalling $1,135,400 from the Lotteries Fund were approved by Legislative
Council today for community and welfare use
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Both grants were recommended by the Social Welfare Advisory
Committee.
The Financial Secretary, Mr. C.P. Haddon-Cave, in moving the
resolution, said one of the grants involving $135,400 was to be made to
help the Hong Kong Society for the Blind to meet the cost of renovating
and fitting out proper office and storage space for its To Kwa Wan Workshop
and Training Centre.
The second grant, amounting to $1 million, was to be made to the
Community Relief Trust Fund to assist towards its expenditure on disaster
relief.
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