SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1992
OTHER GRANTS INCLUDED:
* $825,000 TO SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF DISABLED CHILDREN;
* $809,000 TO CARITAS MEDICAL CENTRE;
* $782,880 TO HONG KONG FAMILY WELFARE SOCIETY;
* $704,000 TO HAVEN OF HOPE HOSPITAL;
* $691,298 TO HONG KONG CHRISTIAN SERVICE;
* $619,040 TO PO LEUNG KUK; AND
* $558,367 TO SAMARITAN FUND.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HEALTH AND WELFARE BRANCH SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT ALL THE GRANTS WOULD BE SPENT ON THE PURCHASE OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT OR UPGRADING EXISTING FACILITIES,
THE SIR ROBERT HO TUNG CHARITABLE FUND WAS SET UP WITH A BEQUEST OF $0.5 MILLION BY THE LATE SIR ROBERT HO TUNG IN 1956.
IN 1966, THE CAPITAL OF THE FUND WAS INCREASED THROUGH INJECTION OF $4.95 MILLION FROM THE CHINA CHARITABLE FUND, ALSO UP BY HIM.
THE FUND IS ADMINISTERED BY THE HONGKONG BANK TRUSTEE LTD.
THE SET
VOLUNTEER SERVICE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO COMMUNITY
THERE IS OBVIOUSLY NO GENERATION GAP BETWEEN 82-YEAR-OLD KWOK LAI-KUEN AND 16-YEAR-OLD LEE TSZ-WAN BECAUSE THEY BOTH FIND VOLUNTEER SERVICES A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY.
OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER
THEY WERE AMONG 59 VOLUNTEERS RECEIVING AWARDS AT A PRESENTATION CEREMONY ORGANISED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY).
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"I HAVE COME TO REALISE THAT WE. AS YOUNG PEOPLE. SHOULD ACTIVELY TAKE PART IN VOLUNTEER SERVICES TO HELP THE NEEDY, SAID LEE TSZ-WAN, WHO HAS FOUR YEARS' EXPERIENCE IN THE SERVICES.
WAVING HER CERTIFICATE OF OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER, SHE NOTED THAT PARTICIPATION IN VOLUNTEER SERVICES COULD FOSTER A SENSE OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND A COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY.
/MADAM KWOK