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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1976
EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND FOR DISASTER VICTIMS
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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, TODAY (TUESDAY) PRAISED THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG FOR THEIR KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY TOWARDS VICTIMS OF DISASTERS.
HE WAS ADDRESSING THE LIONS CLUB OF LION ROCK AT THEIR LUNCHEON NEETING HELD AT THE MANDARIN HOTEL WHERE HE WAS PRESENTED WITH A CHEQUE FOR $10,000 FOR THE EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND IN AID OF THE ALDRICH BAY FIRE VICTIMS.
THE DIRECTOR SAID UP TO YESTERDAY MORNING, MORE THAN $800,000 DONATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE FUNDS RAISED BY THE TWO TELEVISION STATIONS.
+IT IS MOST GRATIFYING TO SEE THE ENTHUSIASTIC AND WARN RESPONSE SHOWN BY PEOPLE OF HONG KONG TOWARDS THE LESS FORTUNATE WHO ARE AGGRIEVED BY DISASTER OF SUCH MAGNITUDE.«
MR. LEE ALSO POINTED OUT HONG KONG HAD ITS FAIR SHARE OF FIRES AND OTHER DISASTERS ALL THE TIME BUT BECAUSE OF THE IR LESSER EXTENT OF DAMAGE CAUSED, THEY TENDED TO ATTRACT LESS PUBLIC CONCERN.
+BUT, REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE OF THE DISASTER, THE SUFFERINGS OF ALL VICTIMS AND THEIR NEEDS ARE THE SAME. THEREFORE, THE COMMITTEE OF THE EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND HAS ALWAYS WELCOMED DONATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR VICTIMS OF ALL DISASTERS SO THAT THEY MAY BE ABLE TO BENEFIT HORE,+ HE SAID.
THE EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND, THE DIRECTOR SAID, WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1962 DESIGNED TO PROVIDE HELP FOR VICTIMS OF FIRES AND OTHER DISASTERS.
THE FUND IS ADMINISTERED BY A COMMITTEE WHICH HAS CAREFULLY WORKED OUT THE WAY IN WHICH PAYMENTS TO VICTIMS SHOULD BE MADE WITH THE AIM OF. ENSURING AN ADEQUATE LEVEL OF ASSISTANCE TO MEET THE DIFFERENT NEEDS OF THOSE WHO REQUIRE HELP.
+IT IS ALSO THE PRACTICE OF THE COMMITTEE TO RESPECT THE WISH OF THE DONORS TO THE FUND- AND IF THEY WISH THEIR DONATIONS BE USED TO BRING HELP DIRECTLY TO THE ALDRICH BAY FIRE VICTIMS, THE DONATIONS WILL CERTAINLY BE DISTRIBUTED ACCORDINGLY,+ MR. LEE SAID.
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