TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1975
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SIR DAVID TRENCH FUND FOR RECREATION ALLOCATION
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GRANTS TOTALLING JUST OVER $349,000 ARE BEING MADE AVAILABLE THIS YEAR FROM THE ''SIR DAVID TRENCH FUND FOR RECREATION'' TO 75 ORGANISATIONS.
THE GRANTS WILL BE USED TO PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION, SPORT, CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AND ARE ALLOCATED TO AS MANY SMALL ORGANISATIONS AS POSSIBLE TO BENEFIT. A LARGER NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.
THOSE ORGANISATIONS WHICH HAVE APPLIED FOR GRANTS WILL SHORTLY BE INFORMED BY LETTER OF THE OUTCOME OF THEIR APPLICATIONS.
THE SIR DAVID TRENCH FUND FOR RECREATION WAS SET UP IN 1970 WITH AN ANONYMOUS $3.2 MILLION DONATION,
IT WAS SET UP FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING MORE FACILITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND GIVES PARTICULAR ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE PURPOSEFUL USE OF LEISURE.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
LEASE SIGNING OF $20M SHA TIN LOT ****
A CEREMONY TO MARK THE SIGNING OF THE LEASE CONDITIONS FOR THE 40-ACRE SHA TIN LOT NO. 1 IN SIU LEK YUEN, WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) AT NOON IN ROOM 150, COLONIAL SECRETARIAT (MAIN WING).
THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE REPRESENTED BY MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES. THE PARAMATTA INVESTMENT CO. LTD. THE CONGLOMERATE OF LOCAL FIRMS WHICH TENDERED A SUM OF $20 MILLION FOR THE SITE, WILL BE REPRESENTED BY THEIR SENIOR EXECUTIVES.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO HAVE THE EVENT COVERED. MR. AKERS-JONES AND THE PARAMATTA REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS AFTER THE CEREMONY.
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