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Wednesday, November 1, 1972

12 GRANTS FROM LOFTERIES FUND APPROVED

A motion to approve the allocation of 12 grants from the Lotteries

Fund for social welfare services and projects was carried at this

afternoon's Legislative Council meeting.

Moving the motion, the Financial Secretary, the Hon. Č.P. Haddon-

Cave, said these grants had been recommended by the Social Welfare

Advisory Committee and the total sum of money involved was $4,112,838.

The grants are for the purchase and replacement of equipment,

capital works and an experimental project of a limited duration.

These have been approved by the Governor as being worthy of

assistance from the Lotteries Fund, Mr. Haddon-Cave said.

The 12 organisations receiving the grants include the Hong

Kong Council of Social Service, the Hong Kong Red Cross Society, Tz'u

Te Home for the Aged, the Hong Kong Society for the Blind and the

Salvation Army.

The Financial Secretary told the Council: "If this resolution

is passed, the balance remaining in the Lotteries Fund will be approximately

$6.6 million, compared with the present balance of $10.7 million."

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