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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1986
SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING LOW-COST MEDICAL SERVICES TO THOSE IN NEED EVER SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT, YAN CHAI HAD DIVERSIFIED ITS SERVICES INTO EDUCATION, CHILD CARE AND SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY AND ALSO EXPANDED ITS MEDICAL SERVICES.
+ALL THESE PROJECTS REQUIRE HUGE INPUT OF RESOURCES, HE SAID. +PHASE 4 OF THIS EXPANSION PROJECT FOR YAN CHAI HOSPITAL' ALONE, FOR EXAMPLE, COSTS OVER $250 MILLION. +
NOTING THAT THE PRESENT AND PAST DIRECTORS OF YAN CHAI HAD THEMSELVES RAISED SUBSTANTIAL SUMS OF MONEY THROUGH FLAG-DAYS, CHARITY WALKS AND VARIETY SHOWS, SIR DAVID SAID, I WISH TO PLACE ON RECORD GOVERNMENT'S APPRECIATION TO THE PAST AND PRESENT DIRECTORS OF YAN CHA1 AND TO THOSE WHO HAVE RESPONDED GENEROUSLY TO THE CHARITY DRIVES.+
HE SAID THAT HONG KONG WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE A HOST OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
+THE SPIRIT OF THOSE WHO HAVE A LITTLE MORE TO GIVE CARING FOR THE WELL-BEING OF THOSE IN NEED IS TO BE ENCOURAGED, HE ADDED.
OPENING OF NEW CLUB HOUSE *****
DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR KEVIN MAK, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NEW CLUB HOUSE OF THE SHAM SHUI PO COUNCIL FOR PROMOTION OF CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL SERVICES TOMORROW (THURSDAY).
THE CEREMONY WILL START AT 4.30 PM AT THE CLUB HOUSE AT MAN FAT STREET, SHAM SHUI PO, KOWLOON (AT THE BACK OF CHEUNG SHA WAN COMMUNITY CENTRE).
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT.
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