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MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1983
BANK GIVES $5M FOR WELFARE PROJECT
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WING LUNG BANK HAS MARKED ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR BY DONATING $5-MILLION TOWARDS THE CAPITAL COST OF A HOME FOR MENTALLY RETARDED ADULTS WHICH IS DUE FOR COMPLETION IN 1988.
THE HOME, WHICH IS A MAJOR GOVERNMENT REHABILITATION PROJECT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ON A SITE AT RAZOR HILL IN SAI KUNG, AND WILL BE NAMED WING LUNG BANK GOLDEN JUBILEE SHELTERED WORKSHOP AND HOSTEL+.
IT WILL PROVIDE 100 RESIDENTIAL PLACES AND 140 SHELTERED WORKSHOP PLACES FOR MODERATELY MENTALLY RETARDED ADULTS.
WHEN COMPLETED, THE HOME WILL PROVIDE A MAJOR BOOST TO THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS TO EXPAND SERVICES FOR THE MENTALLY DISABLED, A SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
THERE IS AT PRESENT A SHORTFALL OF NEARLY 2 000 RESIDENTIAL PLACES FOR THE MODERATELY MENTALLY RETARDED GROUP, AND AN EVEN GREATER SHORTFALL OF SHELTERED WORKSHOP PLACES.
TO LESSEN THE SHORTFALL, THE GOVERNMENT HOPES TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 200 RESIDENTIAL PLACES EACH YEAR AND AN ADDITIONAL 550 SHELTERED WORKSHOP PLACES.
THE CHEQUE FOR $5 MILLION WAS PRESENTED THIS (MONDAY) MORNING TO THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR JOHN CHAMBERS, AT THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS.
IT WAS HANDED OVER BY MR FRANCIS H.B. WONG, CHAIRMAN OF THE WU YEE SUN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD. AND THE WU JIEH YEE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD, BOTH OF WHICH JOINED THE BANK TO CONTRIBUTE THE SUM.
THE TWO CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS ARE NAMED AFTER THE DONORS, MR WU YEE SUN, FOUNDER AND FORMER CHAIRMAN OF WING LUNG BANK AND HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, MR WU JIEH YEE, WHO RETIRED IN APRIL 1982 AS CHAIRMAN AFTER SERVING THE BANK FOR 46 YEARS.
THE BANK AND THE TWO CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS HAD PREVIOUSLY MADE OTHER DONATIONS TO COMMUNITY PROJECTS, INCLUDING CLINICS IN TSZ WAN SHAN AND LEI MUK SHUE AND THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS MRS WU YORK YU MEMORIAL COLLEGE AT KWAI CHUNG.
ON THE BANK'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY, IT MADE DONATIONS OF $1 MILLION EACH TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG TO ESTABLISH THE +WING LUNG BANK MEDICAL RESEARCH FUND+, AND TO THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG TO ESTABLISH THE WING LUNG BANK FUND FOR PROMOTION OF CHINESE CULTURE+.
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