THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1987
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+LAI SEE+ DISTRIBUTED TO THE NEEDY
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SOME 9 000 NEEDY PEOPLE ARE TO RECEIVE NEW YEAR +LAI SEE+ FROM THE TANG SHIU-KIN AND HO TIM CHARITABLE FUND THIS YEAR.
THEY COMPRISE WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN AND WHO ARE ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, RESIDENTS IN SELECTED ELDERLY INSTITUTIONS AND AGED PATIENTS IN THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS.
AT A CEREMONY HELD IN PO LEUNG KUK TODAY (THURSDAY), 175 WIDOWED FAMILIES FROM THE EASTERN-WANCHAI DISTRICT RECEIVED RED PACKETS OF $50 EACH.
DISTRIBUTION TO OTHER BENEFICIARIES WILL TAKE PLACE FROM NEXT MONDAY (JANUARY 12) ONWARDS.
ABOUT $500 000 HAS BEEN ALLOCATED BY THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF THE FUND FOR DISTRIBUTION PURPOSE.
ASSISTING MR HO TIM, A FOUNDER OF THE FUND, AT TODAY'S DISTRIBUTION WERE LADY SHIU-KIN TANG: DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND TRUSTEE OF THE FUND, MRS ANSON CHAN MR CHARLES LUI, ADVISER OF THE FUND, AND MOVIE STAR SYLVIA CHANG.
THE FUND, WHICH IS ADMINISTERED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, PROVIDES IMMEDIATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES IN COPING WITH HARDSHIP BROUGHT ABOUT BY UNEXPECTED CIRCUMSTANCES.
GRANTS ARE AVAILABLE TO PUT A CHILD THROUGH EDUCATION, TO PURCHASE SPECIAL EQUIPMENT OR TO MEET HIGH COSTS FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT OR OTHER NEEDS.
PAYMENTS ARE ALSO MADE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS ARISING FROM PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY OR CHRONIC ILLNESS.
IN PARTICULAR, THE FUND HELPS VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS WITH URGENT NEEDS.
APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE FUND CAN BE MADE TO THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS, PO LEUNG KUK OR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.
SOCIAL WORKERS OF VOLUNTARY AGENCIES MAY ALSO REFER HARDSHIP CASES TO THE SECRETARY OF THE FUND OR THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE.
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