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P.B. 93
AHIS
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
NFORMATION
SERVICES
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUPPLEMENT
Monday, May 29, 1972
LADY MACLEHOSE SPEAKS AT COMMUNITY CHEST ANNUAL MEETING
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The following is the full text of Lady MacLehose's speech at the third annual general meeting of the Community Chest of Hong Kong today (Monday):
"I am delighted to welcome you to this the third Annual General Meeting of the Corporation of the Community Chest of Hong Kong.
"Although this is the third such meeting, the period covered by
the Annual Report and Accounts, in your hands, deals with the results of both the third, and the whole of the fourth campaigns. In future years, each Annual Report will cover just one campaign.
"Not only does this Report record that the third and fourth campaigns successfully exceeded their goals, but also it is most plensing to note that the estimated numbers of donors have increased each year. Indeed, in the third campaign, over 300,000 persons and firms gave, while in the recent appeal, the number increased dramatically to nearly 600,000.
"I want to pay tribute to my predecessor, Lady Trench, and for all she did to further the work of the Chest. In her Presidential Address to the two previous Annual General Meetings, Lady Trench referred to the tremendous importance of building up reserves. This is to ensure that the Chest will be in a position, should circumstances outside its control so dictate in future years, to meet the needs of its Member Agencios
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