FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1987
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FIRST JOINT MEETING ON SIR EDWARD YOUDE FUND
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LADY YOUDE WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON WEDNESDAY (MAY 20) TO ATTEND THE FIRST JOINT MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE COUNCIL OF THE SIR EDWARD YOUDE MEMORIAL FUND, BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR LEE QUE-WEI, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE JOINT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY (MAY 23).
MR LEE WAS SPEAKING AT A CHEQUE PRESENTATION CEREMONY THIS MORNING AT THE ANTE CHAMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUILDING, WHEN HE RECEIVED TWO DONATIONS TOTALLING $97 430 FROM THE COMMISSIONER OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE, MR RAYMON ANNING, AND THE NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MISS CHENG PIK-NIN,
HE THANKED MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE AND THE CHAMBER FOR THE IR GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS OF $87 410 AND $10 020 RESPECTIVELY TO THE FUND,
THE CONTRIBUTION BY THE POLICE FORCE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST SO FAR MADE BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
+ THE GOOD RESPONSE BY CIVIL SERVANTS TO APPEAL FOR DONATIONS TO THE FUND REFLECTS NOT ONLY THE IR CONCERN ABOUT EDUCATIONAL MATTERS IN HONG KONG, BUT ALSO THE IR PROFOUND RESPECT FOR THE LATE GOVERNOR, + HE SAID.
MR LEE SAID FOLLOWING THE ENACTMENT OF THE SIR EDWARD YOUDE MEMORIAL FUND ORDINANCE IN APRIL, A HOARD OF TRUSTEES, EMPOWERED TO INVEST ANY MONEYS OF THE FUND, AND A COUNCIL, TASKED TO APPLY THE INCOME OF THE FUND FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF EDUCATION, WERE ESTABLISHED.
HE MENTIONED THE FUND HAS CONTINUED TO GROW AND SO FAR $81.5 MILLION INCLUDING THIS MORNING'S CONTRIBUTIONS HAS BEEN COLLECTED.
MR LEE HOPED THE PUBLIC WOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE FUND AND DONATIONS COULD STILL BE MADE AT ANY DISTRICT OFFICES OR TREASURY OFFICES, AS WELL AS BRANCHES OF THE HONG KONG BANK, THE HANG SENG BANK AND THE HANG LUNG BANK,
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