TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1987
+WHILE MANY OF THESE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES, THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT AND THE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD TOGETHER EXERCISE A MONITORING ROLE,+ MR YEUNG SAID.
GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN YOUDE FUND APPEAL URGED *****
THE SPONTANEOUS RESPONSE TO THE SIR EDWARD YOUDE FUND OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS HAS BEEN VERY ENCOURAGING, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY)
BUT HE CALLED FOR EVEN WIDER COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN ORDER TO FULFIL THE AIMS OF THE FUND WHICH WOULD BENEFIT HONG KONG'S FUTURE GENERATIONS.
+TAKING THE LEAD IN ENCOURAGING MORE PEOPLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS WORTHWHILE CAUSE, MANY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS HAVE INITIATED DONATIONS FROM AMONG THEIR STAFF, HE SAID.
HE ALSO SAID IT WAS HEARTENING TO LEARN THAT MANY ORGANISATIONS, BIG AND SMALL, WERE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO DONATE TO THE FUND AT DISTRICT LEVEL.
+ INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS OF ANY AMOUNT ARE ALSO MUCH APPRECIATED AND I SINCERELY HOPE TO SEE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THIS CAUSE WHICH WILL BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE,+ HE ADDED.
MR LIAO WAS SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY AT WHICH HE PRESENTED A CHEQUE FOR OVER $17 800, REPRESENTING DONATIONS FROM THE STAFF OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SIR EDWARD YOUDE FUND COMMITTEE, SIR S.Y. CHUNG. THE CEREMONY WAS HELD AT THE OMELCO OFFICE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUILDING.
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