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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 14, 1988.

British Fund for Relief of Distress in China

HONG KONG & SOUTH CHINA BRANCH

PATRON:

His Excellency Sir Geoffry Northcote, K.C.M.G.

VICE-PATRONS:

Lady Northcote

His Excellency Vice-Admiral Sir Percy Noble, K.C.B., C.V.O. His Excellency Major-General A. W. Bartholomew, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O. His Honour Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell

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BOARD OF ADMINISTRATORS:

Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith (Chairman), Hon. Sir Robert Kotewall (Deputy Chairman), Hon. Mr. T. N. Chau, Hon. Sir Shouson Chow, Sir Vandeleur Grayburn, Rt. Rev. R. O. Hall, Sir Robert Ho Tung, Hon. Dr. Li Shu Fan, Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo (Honorary Secretary), Hon. Mr. R. A. C. North, Hon. Sir Henry Pollock, Rt. Rev. H. Valtorta.

The outbreak of hostilities in

Kwangtung Province has led to

deep and widespread distress among the poorer classes of the Province, including 'some who have taken re-

fuge in this Colony.

Large numbers of women and child-

ren are homeless and destitute and

they, together with the sick, the aged

and those wounded in air raids,

depend for their lives on the care and

charity of others.

In Canton alone, there are already many thousand refugees assembled in five area-camps and it is almost certain that their numbers will grow as winter approaches: elsewhere in South China many thousand others

are in similar dire need. Funds are

most urgently required to provide food, shelter, clothes and medical aid

for these helpless victims of war. For that purpose this Branch Fund has been opened and this Appeal is being

issued most earnestly for all the aid

that can be given in money or kind.

All Cheques Should Be Made Payable To

B. F. R. D. C.

HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION