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FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1991
SINCE THAT TIME, AND PRIOR TO THE APPOINTMENT OF PROVISIONAL LIQUIDATORS ON JULY 17, MY OFFICERS HAVE BEEN IN CONTROL OF THE BANK. A KEY CONSIDERATION HAS BEEN TO SAFEGUARD THE ASSETS IN THE INTERESTS OF DEPOSITORS AND TO THIS END A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS HELD IN OVERSEAS BANKS HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO AN ACCOUNT HELD BY BCCHK WITH THE HONGKONGBANK GROUP.
MY OFFICE HAS ALSO BEEN OCCUPIED CONTINUOUSLY IN TRYING TO FIND SOMEONE PREPARED TO ACQUIRE BOCHK AS A GOING CONCERN. THIS WAS RECOGNISED AS THE BEST SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. UNFORTUNATELY, IT HAS NOT PROVED POSSIBLE TO FIND SOMEONE PREPARED TO ACQUIRE THE BANK WITHOUT GUARANTEES FROM THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WHICH IT FELT UNABLE TO PROVIDE.
HOSPICE CARE SERVICE DEPENDS ON CONTINUOUS FINANCIAL SUPPORT
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HOSPICE CARE SERVICE OF NAM LONG HOSPITAL DEPENDS HEAVILY ON PUBLIC DONATIONS AND CONTINUOUS FINANCIAL SUPPORT, LADY WILSON SAID TONIGNT (FRIDAY).
IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN SERVICES AT NAM LONG, AND KEEP THEM AT A HIGH STANDARD, FUNDS NEED TO BE FOUND, SHE SAID.
SPEAKING AT THE HONG KONG· MEDICAL ASSOCIATION CHARITY CONCERT AT THE ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS, LADY WILSON SAID THE PROCEEDS OF THE CONCERT WOULD BE DONATED TO THE HONG KONG ANTI-CANCER SOCIETY FOR THE HOSPICE CARE SERVICE OF NAM LONG HOSPITAL.
POINTING OUT THAT IT WAS A VERY SAD FACT OF LIFE THAT MORE THAN 8,000 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN DIED OF CANCER BACH YEAR IN THE TERRITORY, LADY WILSON NOTED THAT THEIR NEEDS HAD TENDED TO BE OVERLOOKED UNTIL VERY RECENTLA.
"FOR SUCH PATIENTS, MEDICAL SCIENCE MAY OFFER NO CURE CAN HELP IN OTHER WAYS.
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"IN FACT, HOSPICE CARE, AS MANY OF YOU ALREADY KNOW, ALLOWS PATIENTS, AND THEIR FAMILIES TO BE TOGETHER MORE QUIETLY, ΤΟ RECEIVE PAIN CONTROL BY PROPLE WHO HAVE IDEALLY BREN ESPECIALLY TRAINED, AND ΤΟ LIVE IN AN ATMOSPHERE WHERE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS CAN BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. LADY WILSON SAID.
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SHE SAID MUCH COULD BE DONE TO IMPROVE PATIENTS' QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE TIME THAT REMAINED, ADDING THAT SHE WAS VERY MOVED AND IMPRESSED RECENTLY TO VISIT NAM LONG HOSPITAL WHERE JUST SUCH NEEDS WERE BEING CATERED FOR.
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