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Thursday, December 6, 1973
STUDENTS URGED TO SUPPORT ANTI-TE SCHOOL CHILDREN'S WARD
The Director of Education, Mr. J. Canning, has appealed to
supervisors and heads of schools to urge their students to make voluntary
contributions to support the "School Children's Ward" in the Ruttonjee
SanatoriumA,
This ward of ten cots is the only one of its kind in Hong Kong.
School donations enable the children in this ward to receive
medical care and attention which might otherwise not be available to them.
In a circular to schools, Mr. Canning said individual contributions
should be limited to 50 cents and must be entirely voluntary.
"I sincerely hope that schools will continue to maintain this
ward by individual and collective efforts," he said,
Schools may consider various other ways and means of raising
money to support this praiseworthy cause.
Last year, schools contributed about $187,600, a sum which Mr.
Canning described as "a splendid achievement and a credit to all concerned."
School contributions, preferably by crossed cheques payable
to the Anti-Tuberculosis and Thoracic Diseases Association, should be
sent in envelopes marked "Anti-TB" to the Education Department Headquarters,
Lee Gardens, 3rd floor, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
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