THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1976
AWARDS TO YOUNG BLOOD DONORS
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE TODAY CALLED ON THE PUBLIC TO GIVE REGULAR SUPPORT TO THE BLOOD DONATION CAMPAIGN OF THE RED CROSS.
SPEAKING AT THE 1976 SCHOOLS BLOOD DONATION AWARD PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE THIS AFTERNOON, SIR MURRAY SAID, THE VAST QUANTITIES OF BLOOD REQUIRED CANNOT BE MADE AVAILABLE NOR CAN THE ROUTINE DAILY WORK OF OUR HOSPITALS GO FORWARD UNLESS MORE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC REGULARLY SUPPORT THE RED CROSS IN ITS BLOOD DONATION CAMPAIGN.+
IN THE CEREMONY, SIR MURRAY, THE PATRON OF THE HONG KONG RED CROSS, PRESENTED THE JEAN CASSELS TROPHY TO A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HONG KONG TANG KING PO SCHOOL WHICH EMERGED AS THE WINNER OF THE SCHOOLS BLOOD DONATION COMPETITION WITH THE LARGEST NUMBER OF DONORS AMONG ITS STUDENTS OVER THE AGE OF 16.
THE GOVERNOR ALSO PRESENTED PENNANTS TO RUNNERS-UP IN THE COMPETITION.
FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION, THE GOVERNOR GAVE A TEA RECEPTION TO REPRESENTATIVES FROM ABOUT 50 SCHOOLS WHICH PARTICIPATED IN THE BLOOD DONATION COMPETITION.
FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY:
+AS PATRON OF THE RED CROSS ↑ HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IMPRESSED BY THE GROWTH OF THE VÕLUNTARY BLOOD SERVICE IN HONG KONG.
+WHEN THE RED CROSS FIRST STARTED COLLECTING BLOOD 24 YEARS AGO, IT COLLECTED 3,00G DONATIONS IN THE FIRST YEAR MAINLY FROM VISITING SHIPS.
+LAST YEAR THE RED CROSS COLLECTED 20 TIMES THAT AMOUNT. THIS REMARKABLE GROWTH IS DUE ALMOST ENTIRELY TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, FOR OF THE 60,000 UNITS OF BLOOD COLLECTED 3/4 CAME FROM PEOPLE OF SCHOOL AGE OR THOSE WHO WERE IN THEIR 205.
+THE FEW OF YOU WHO ARE PRESENT TODAY, REPRESENT THE MANY THOUSANDS WHO ARE NOT. BUT ALL ARE PROOF THAT A GENERATION IS GROWING UP WITH A WHOLLY ADMIRABLE RECORD OF PUBLIC SERVICE.
ZAWETHOUT 6.3.