FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1991
LADY WILSON SAID ALL THIS PROVED THAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEEDS OF OTHERS.
"AS WE ARE PREPARING FOR A HIGHER TARGET THIS YEAR, WE COUNT ON THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF ALL OUR GENEROUS DONORS, AND HELPERS HOWEVER LARGE OR SMALL," SHE SAID.
LADY WILSON POINTED OUT THAT THIS YEAR ONCE AGAIN BEEN BROKEN WITH $113 MILLION RAISED
INCREASE OF 28 PER CENT OVER LAST YEAR'S RECORD.
DONATION RECORDS HAD A MOST IMPRESSIVE
SHE THANKED THE CHEST'S CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE RELATIONS COMMITTEE FOR THE EXTREMELY WELL-DONE JOB.
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LADY WILSON SAID THE FORMER, UNDER THE CO-CHAIRMENSHIP OF MR GAGE MCAFEE AND MRS ALICE CHIU, HAD WORKED VERY HARD INDEED BY MAKING COUNTLESS APPEALS, AND BY INITIATING NEW IDEAS ΤΟ ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO MAKE DONATIONS.
"THE PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO
TO THIS: SUCCESS ENORMOUSLY, BY PROMOTING AN IMAGE WHICH MOTIVATED THE PUBLIC TO DONATE EVEN MORE TO THE CHEST, SHE SAID.
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ON THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS, LADY WILSON STRESSED THAT MONEY GIVEN SO GENEROUSLY MUST BE CAREFULLY ALLOCATED TO THE POINTS OF REAL NEED.
"HERE, THE TASK OF THE ADMISSIONS, BUDGETS AND ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE IS A VITAL ONE.
"DESPITE THE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THE REQUESTS FOR FUNDING THIS YEAR, THE COMMITTKE WAS ABLE TO MEET NEARLY ALL THE NEEDS OF THE AGENCIES NOW TOTALLING 119," SHE SAID.
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SHE PAID TRIBUTE TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR DEDICATION, HARD WORK AND SENSITIVITY IN ENSURING FAIR ALLOCATIONS FUNDS, WHICH, SHE POINTED OUT, WAS NO EASY TASK.
ON THE WORK OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, LADY WILSON NOTED THAT IT HAD CARRIED OUT THE POLICIES OF THE BOARD WITH VIGOUR AND SUCCESS.
SHE CONGRATULATED ITS OUTGOING CHAIRMAN, MR JAMES KUNG, ON HAVING DONE A SPLENDID JOB FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, ADDING THAT HE MIGHT CONTINUE TO SERVE THE CHEST BY STANDING FOR ELECTION FOR A FURTHER TERM ON THE BOARD,
"THE COMMUNITY CHEST HAS ALWAYS BREN VERY FORTUNATE ΤΟ HAVE STAUNCH SUPPORT FROM ITS BOARD MEMBERS AND VICE PATRONS, SHE SAID.
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"I PERSONALLY VALUE THIS SUPPORT ENORMOUSLY AND THANK THEM ALL MOST SINCERELY.'
FINALLY, LADY WILSON PAID TRIBUTE TO THE HARDWORKING TEAM THE CHEST HEADQUARTERS WHO HAD HELPED THE CHEST TO FLOURISH.
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