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SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1977
TANG SHIU KIN AND HO TIM FUND HELPS 34 FAMILIES
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THIRTY-FOUR FAMILIES HAVE RECEIVED HELP FROM THE TANG SHIU KIN AND HO TIM CHARITABLE FUND SINCE IT BEGAN PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE NEEDY IN MAY THIS YEAR.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WHO ACTS AS THE TRUSTEE OF THE FUND SAID TODAY THAT FIFTEEN OF THE BENEFICIARIES APPLIED FOR ASSISTANCE TO THE DEPARTMENT DIRECT, WHILE OTHERS WERE REFERRED BY THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS, THE PO LEUNG KUK, CITY DISTRICT OFFICES AND THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
+THE NEEDS OF SOME OTHERS WERE MADE KNOWN TO OUR OFFICERS THROUGH REPORTS OF DISTRESS WHICH APPEARED IN THE NEWSPAPERS,+ HE ADDED.
PAYMENTS FROM THE FUND, AVERAGING $1,000 A FAMILY, WERE MADE PROMPTLY TO MEET HARDSHIP CAUSED BY CRISES OR UNEXPECTED CHANGES IN FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES.
THE LARGEST SUM OF $5,000 WAS MADE AVAILABLE AS BURIAL GRANT TO THE MOTHER OF A MAN WHO TOGETHER WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO SONS WERE KILLED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT.
THE SECOND LARGEST SUM OF $3,000 WAS PAID TO THE MOTHER WHO GAVE ONE OF HER KIDNEYS TO HER SON DURING A TRANSPLANT OPERATION EARLIER THIS YEAR TO COVER PART OF THEIR MEDICAL EXPENSES.
AS FOR THE OTHER PAYMENTS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, MOST WERE FOR FAMILIES TO COPE WITH HARDSHIP ARISING FROM THE DEATH OF THE BREADWINNER, TO COVER BURIAL EXPENSES, TO PAY FOR SPECIAL DIETS DUR ING CONVALESCENCE, TO MEET REMOVAL EXPENSES TO NEW ACCOMMODATION IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES, AND TO PAY OFF DEBT INCURRED BECAUSE OF CHRONIC ILLNESS.
SIR SHIU KIN TANG AND MR. HO TIM EACH DONATED $1 MILLION TO SET UP THE FUND IN FEBRUARY, WITHIN WEEKS, IT AMOUNTED TO OVER $5 MILLION WITH THE MANY PUBLIC DONATIONS.
APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE FUND CAN BE MADE TO THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS, THE PO LEUNG KUK OR ANY DISTRICT OFFICE OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.
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