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MORE THAN $1.16 MILLION HAS BEEN EARMARKED FOR THE PURPOSE, WITH DR HO TIM AND DR STANLEY HO, FOUNDING AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF THE FUND RESPECTIVELY, JOINTLY DONATED $450,000.
EACH
$100.
SINGLE-PARENT
FAMILY WILL RECEIVE $250 AND THE ELDERLY
THE
ALSO
FUND, ADMINISTERED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, PROVIDES IMMEDIATE FINANCIAL HELP TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO COPE WITH SUDDEN HARDSHIP.
MR STRACHAN SAID THE FUND HAD SPENT ABOUT $2.4 MILLION AND HAD HELPED 1,475 CASES LAST YEAR.
UPON APPLICATION, GRANTS WILL BE GIVEN FOR A CHILD'S EDUCATION, PURCHASE OF SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, MEETING MEDICAL COSTS OR OTHER NEEDS.
THE FUND ALSO PROVIDES PAYMENTS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS ARISING FROM PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY OR CHRONIC ILLNESS. IN PARTICULAR, THE FUND HELPS VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS WITH URGENT NEEDS.
APPLICATIONS FOR HELP FROM THE FUND CAN BE MADE TO THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS, PO LEUNG KUK OR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE DISTRIBUTION CEREMONY WERE DR HO TIM, LADY SHIU-KIN TANG, DR STANLEY HO AND MEMBERS OF THE FUND'S COMMITTEE.
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HK CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMS DAY
THE
SECRETARY ATTENDED A (TUESDAY) DEPARTMENT TO MARK THE
FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR T H CHÂU
CUSTOMS RECEPTION HOSTED BY THE 1994 INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMS DAY.
TODAY AND EXCISE
IT HAS BEEN THE SEVENTH YEAR HONG KONG CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMS DAY.
HONG KONG BECAME A FULL MEMBER OF COUNCIL IN 1987.
THE
CUSTOMS
CO-OPERATION
SYSTEMS, то PROMOTE ACTIVE
THE AIMS OF THE COUNCIL ARE TO HARMONISE CUSTOMS DEVELOP AND IMPROVE CUSTOMS TECHNIQUES AND LEGISLATION AND TO
AN HONG KONG PLAYS ENFORCEMENT CO-OPERATION. INTERNATIONAL PART IN THE COUNCIL'S WORK.
AND
EXECUTIVE CONSULS- BUSINESS
MORE THAN 300 GUESTS ATTENDED THE RECEPTION AT THE CUSTOMS EXCISE SENIOR OFFICERS' MESS. THEY INCLUDED MEMBERS OF THE AND
COUNCILS, LEGISLATIVE
SENIOR
OFFICIALS, GOVERNMENT GENERAL, FOREIGN OFFICIALS AND TOP EXECUTIVES FROM TRADE AND ORGANISATIONS.
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