MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1986
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CHARITIES GET $9M FROM HO TUNG FUND
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GRANTS OF MORE THAN $9 MILLION WERE MADE RECENTLY FROM THE SIR ROBERT HO TUNG CHARITABLE FUND TO 80 CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS
IN HONG KONG.
THIS WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY BY MR NIGEL SHIPMAN, DEPUTY
SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, WHO IS CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADVISING THE GOVERNOR ON THE ALLOCATION OF THE FUNDS.
THE SIR ROBERT HO TUNG CHARITABLE FUND IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CHARITABLE TRUSTS IN HONG KONG. IT WAS ESTABLISHED BY A BEQUEST OF $500 000 BY THE LATE SIR ROBERT HO TUNG IN 1956, AND IS ADMINISTERED BY HONGKONG BANK TRUSTEE LTD.
MR SHIPMAN SAID THAT MAJOR GRANTS THIS YEAR INCLUDED
$1 263 080 TO THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS.
THE HONG KONG TUBERCULOSIS, CHEST AND HEART DISEASES ASSOCIATION RECEIVED $687 880, FOR USE BY THE RUTTONJEE SANATORIUM FOR PURCHASE OF HOSPITAL BEDS, AND BY THE GRANTHAM HOSPITAL FOR PURCHASE OF AN X-RAY UNIT.
THE UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL RECEIVED $527 000, AND THE PO LEUNG KUK WAS GIVEN $436 000.
A SUM OF $395 550 WAS GIVEN TO PROVIDE MILK FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IN 58 SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND TO ALLOW THEM TO GO ON OUTINGS AND EDUCATIONAL VISITS. ANOTHER $316 200 WAS TO SUBSIDISE THE HANDICAPPED AND UNDERPRIVILEGED SCHOOL CHILDREN TO ATTEND OUTDOOR EDUCATIONAL CAMPS.
CARITAS, HONG KONG, WAS GIVEN $390 600, LARGELY FOR PURCHASE OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE CARITAS MEDICAL CENTRE AND FOR ITS CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY, KINDERGARTENS AND CLINICS.
A GRANT OF $337 000 WAS GIVEN TO THE SAMARITAN FUND FOR PURCHASE OF WHEELCHAIRS AND MEDICAL DRESSINGS AND CONSUMABLES.
THE HEEP HONG SOCIETY FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN WAS GRANTED $300 000 FOR THE REPROVISIONING OF ITS PAK TIN FIRST HELP UNIT, AND THE NAM LONG HOSPITAL WAS GRANTED $298 000 FOR IMPROVEMENT WORKS ON ITS FRESH WATER AND FLUSH WATER SUPPLIES.
OTHER GRANTS WERE AS FOLLOWS:
* $281 840 TO THE HONG KONG RED CROSS;
* $245 300 TO THE SUNNYSIDE SCHOOL FOR A TRAINING ROOM FOR OBSERVATION AND TREATMENT OF PUPILS WITH BEHAVIOURAL AND SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT PROBLEMS Į
$225 000 TO