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Friday, November 17, 1972

"Social welfare work in Hong Kong cannot advance without adequate

financial support," Mr. Li told the gathering. "But financial support cannot

fulfil our needs. Success cannot be measured in terms of the amount of money

that has been expended alone.

"What is equally important is personal involvement and a genuine

feeling of compassion in the plight of the less fortunate members of our

society such as the old, the orphans, the blind, the deaf and the mentally

and physically handicapped."

He put it to his listeners that without this personal involvement,

social welfare work could not be satisfactory. Without this compassion and

personal concern, social welfare work could not be complete.

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