MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1976
KOWLOON LANDSLIDE VICTIMS RECEIVE DONATIONS ******
A TOTAL OF 3,121 VICTIMS OF THE RECENT LANDSLIDE ON KOWLOON SIDE WAS GIVEN $40 EACH FROM DONATIONS BY THE PUBLIC THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON.
SCORES OF OFFICERS FROM THE SOCIAL WELFARE AND HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENTS AND ARTISTES FROM COMMERCIAL RADIO HELPED DISTRIBUTE THE DONATIONS TO THE VICTIMS AT THE KWUN TONG COMMUNITY CENTRE IN KOWLOON.
THE DONATIONS, AMOUNTING TO ABOUT $178,800, HAD BEEN MADE TO THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND COMMERCIAL RADIO SINCE THE LANDSLIDE OCCURRED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
CASH PAYMENTS FOR THE VICTIMS ON HONG KONG ISLAND WILL BE MADE AT THE SAU KEI WAN KAIFONG ASSOCIATION RECREATION GROUND SHAU KEI WAN ROAD, TOMORROW (TUESDAY) BETWEEN 2.30 P.M. AND 4 P.M.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SAID : +FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES, ALL VICTIMS ARE ADVISED TO BRING ALONG THEIR IDENTITY CARDS AND THEIR EMERGENCY RELIEF CHITS THAT IS, THE 'RED CARD' ISSUED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.+
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