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TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1989
NEW YEAR LAI-SEE FOR THE NEEDY
ABOUT 400 SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES LIVING
TODAY ON PUBLIC
(TUESDAY) WHO ARE
KIN AND LAI-SEE OF $100 EACH FROM THE TANG SHIU
ASSISTANCE
ON HONG KONG ISLAND YEAR RECEIVED NEW HO TIM CHARITABLE
FUND.
A
FURTHER
3,400
FAMILIES
WILL
RECEIVE
THEIR RED
PACKETS
STARTING LATER TODAY.
COMPRISE THEY
SINGLE-PARENT
PUBLIC
PEOPLE TUNG
FAMILIES WHO ARE ON
TERRITORY, ELDERLY
ASSISTANCE AND LIVE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE IN SELECTED RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONS AND ELDERLY PATIENTS IN THE WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS.
ALLOCATED BY THE FUND'S MANAGEMENT
ABOUT $450,000 HAS BEEN COMMITTEE FOR DISTRIBUTION PURPOSES.
THE
FUND,
AT THE
TANG
SHIU-KIN; ELIZABETH
OF FOUNDER HO
A TIM, ASSISTING MR DISTRIBUTION CEREMONY TODAY AT PO LEUNG KUK WERE LADY THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND TRUSTEE OF THE FUND, MRS
THE TUNG WAH WONG; ADVISER OF THE FUND, MR CHARLES LUI; CHAIRMAN OF
Ро LEUNG KUK, MR CHAO GROUP OF HOSPITALS, MR PAUL YU; CHAIRMAN OF KING-LIN; MISS HONG KONG, MISS MICHELE REIS; AND SINGER, MR ALAN TAM.
THE
FUND,
IN
WHICH
BY THE
SOCIAL WELFARE OR
UNEXPECTED
IS ADMINISTERED DEPARTMENT, PROVIDES IMMEDIATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS
ON BY FAMILIES
HARDSHIP BROUGHT COPING WITH CIRCUMSTANCES.
EDUCATION,
TREATMENT OR
GRANTS ARE PROVIDED TO MAINTAIN A CHILD THROUGH HIS TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT OR TO MEET HIGH COSTS FOR MEDICAL OTHER NEEDS.
PAYMENTS ARE ALSO MADE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS ARISING FROM OR MENTAL DISABILITY OR CHRONIC ILLNESS.
PHYSICAL
IN PARTICULAR, THE FUND WITH URGENT NEEDS.
HELPS VICTIMS OF NATURAL
DISASTERS
APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE FUND CAN BE
PO LEUNG KUK OR THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS, DEPARTMENT.
MADE SOCIAL
то THE WELFARE
ALSO REFER
HARDSHIP
SOCIAL WORKERS OF VOLUNTARY AGENCIES MAY CASES TO THE SECRETARY OF THE FUND OR THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE.
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