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Wednesday, June 6, 1973

12 GRANTS FROM LOTTERIES FUND

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The Legislative Council today approved the allocation of more

than $2.6 million from the Lotteries Fund to finance 12 social welfare

projects.

The biggest single grant of $698,000 is for a youth centre

for the Hong Kong Foderation of Youth Groups and the Boys' and Girls'

Clubs Association.

Another $500,000 has been set aside for the building of a

training contre for the Ebenezer School and Home for the Blind.

Other items receiving assistance from the Lotterics Fund includo

the rodevelopment of a youth camp at Cheung Chau for Caritas and the

expansion of the Arran Street Eye Clinic for the Medical and Health

Department.

The Lottories Fund, which obtains its proceeds from the salo of Government lotteries and 'lucky' car numbers, is set up to help the development of social welfare services in Hong Kong.

The balance remaining in the fund after the latest allocations

is approximately $3.8 million.

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