WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1986
$920 000 RAISED IN HOSPITAL FUND COMPETITION
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MORE THAN $920 000 HAS BEEN RAISED DURING A THREE-DAY FUND RAISING COMPETITION IN KWUN TONG RECENTLY.
THE DISTRICT-WIDE COMPETITION, INVOLVING THE 14 AREA COMMITTEES, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS' CORPORATIONS, WAS CO-ORDINATED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL EXTENSION PROJECT.
CHAIRMAN OF THE FUND RAISING ORGANISING COMMITTEE,
MR LAM HANG-FAI, WHO IS ALSO THE DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, THANKED RESIDENTS FOR ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTING THE FUND-RAISING DRIVE.
HE ALSO THANKED MEMBERS OF AREA COMMITTEES, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS' CORPORATIONS WHO HAD TAKEN PART IN DOOR-TO-DOOR APPEAL FOR DONATIONS.
COUNTING CASH DONATIONS ALONE, WHICH WAS THE OFFICIAL COUNTING FOR THE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD WINNERS AMONG THE 14 AREAS, SHUN LEE TOPPED THE LIST RAISING $159 668.50, EAST NGAU TAU KOK WAS SECOND WITH $97 437.80 WHILE TOWN CENTRE WAS THIRD WITH $96 478.50.
DETAILS OF THIRD UNIVERSITY PROGRESS
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THE PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THE THIRD UNIVERSITY WILL HOLD
A PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW (THURSDAY) TO EXPLAIN THE PROGRESS MADE DURING THE THREE-DAY PREPARATORY MEETING WHICH BEGAN YESTERDAY (TUESDAY).
THE CONFERENCE, TO BE GIVEN BY THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE, MR CHENG HON-KWAN, AND THE SECRETARY-GENERAL, MR IAN MACPHERSON, WILL BE HELD AT 5.15 PM AT GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM, FIFTH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, CENTRAL.
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