WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1982
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RED PACKETS FOR NEEDY
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LOCAL PHILANTHROPIST SIR SHIU-KIN TANG
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HELPED BY FILM STAR FUNG PO PO- TODAY (WEDNESDAY) DISTRIBUTED $100 LUNAR NEW YEAR RED PACKETS TO NEARLY 300 WIDOWS OR WIDOWERS WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN AND ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AT A CEREMONY AT PO LEUNG KUK.
THE CEREMONY MARKED THE START OF A SERIES OF DISTRIBUTION OF +LAI SEE+ TO 2034 WIDOWS OR WIDOWERS WHO HAVE DEPENDENT CHILDREN AND ARE RECEIVING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND 4 654 RESIDENTS OF HOMES AND HOSTELS FOR THE ELDERLY.
MORE THAN 300 ELDERLY PATIENTS OF FIVE HOSPITALS BELONGING TO THE TUNG WAH GROUP WHO HAVE NO CLOSE FAMILY MEMBERS OR NO HOMES TO RETURN TO WILL ALSO RECEIVE THE RED PACKETS.
ABOUT $700 000 HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FROM THE TANG SHIU-KIN HO TIM CHARITABLE FUND, ADMINISTERED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, FOR THIS PURPOSE.
ACCOMPANYING SIR SHIU-KIN TODAY WERE MEMBERS OF THE FUND'S MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
IN A SPEECH AT THE CEREMONY TODAY, MR CHARLES C.K. LUI. ADVISER TO THE FUND, PAID TRIBUTE TO SIR SHIU-KIN AND MR HO TIM, CO-FOUNDERS OF THE FUND, FOR THEIR GENEROSITY,
+THERE IS A LARGE MEASURE OF FLEXIBILITY IN THE OPERATION OF THE FUND, + MR LUI SAID. BECAUSE OF THIS, THE FUND CAN COMPLEMENT THE VARIOUS ASSISTANCE SCHEMES RUN BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IN MEETING PRACTICAL NEEDS.+
KWUN TONG URBAN CLEARWAY
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A SECTION OF NGAU TAU KOK ROAD NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH CHOI WAN ROAD IN KWUN TONG WILL BE DESIGNATED AS AN URBAN CLEARWAY FROM 10 AM ON FRIDAY (JANUARY 22).
WITHIN THE CLEARWAY, ALL VEHICLES EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO STOP FOR PASSENGERS AND GOODS FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM DAILY.
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