XN000022-1978-05-22 — Page 3

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MONDAY, MAY 22, 1978

WE ARE THEREFORE ACHIEVING A FAR GREATER DEGREE OF PENETRATION IN CUR INVESTIGATION WORK,+ MR. GIDDY SAID.

OY DISCLOSURE OF UNDERSTATEMENT CR OMISSION OF TAX, MR. GIDDY SAID THE DISCLOSURE MUST BE VOLUNTARY, AND FULL AND THE DEPARTMENTAL PRACTICE DOES NOT AMOUNT TO AN AMNESTY.

HE SAID: +ALL THAT I CAN SAY IS THAT WHERE OFFENCES HAVE BEEN COMMITTED, WHILST NO UNDERTAKING CAN BE GIVEN AS TO WHETHER OR NOT 1 WILL REFRAIN FROM PROSECUTION, IT IS NEVERTHELESS MY PRACTICE TO EE INFLUENCED BY THE FACT THAT A FULL VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE HAS BEEN MADE AND THAT THIS FACT WILL ALSO HAVE A FAVOURABLE BEARING OF THE AMOUNT OF PENALTY, IF ANY, IMPOSED EY E.+

„10 MILLION BONATICH TO HEART FOUNDATION.

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A CHEQUE FOR $10 MILLION WAS PRESENTED TODAY (MONDAY) TO THE HONG KONG HEART FOUNDATION BY IR. KWOK TAK-SENG, CHAIRMAN OF SUN HUNG KAI PROPERTIES LICITED.

THE CHEQUE WAS RECEIVED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE PATRON OF THE FOUNDATION, AT A CEREMONY AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

THE MONEY WILL GO TOWARDS DEVELOPING GRANTHAM HOSPITAL INTO A 600-BED CARD 10-THORACIC CENTRE. THE "EL FACILITIES FEING PLANNED FOR THE HOSPITAL INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL OPERATING THEATRE, A CARDIAC LABORATORY, INTENSIVE CARE AND OTHER SERVICE UNITS AND ACCOMMODATION FOR STAFF.

THE BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT COSTS OF THIS PROJECT ARE ESTILATED AT „22 KILLION „HICH WILL 19 SHARED EQUALLY BETWEEN THE FOUNDATION AND THE GOVERNMENT.

SPEAKING AT THE CHEQUE PRESENTATION CEREMONY THE GOVERNOR SAID: +NOW THAT OUR MEDICAL SERVICES HAVE PROGRESSIVELY MASTERED OLD SCOURAGES SUCH AS CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AND TUBERCULOSIS WE MUST REDEPLOY OUR EFFORTS TO DEAL WITH THE MORE NORMAL THREATS - HEART CONDITIONS AND CANCER.+

HE SAID IT WAS THEREFORE MOST TIMELY THAT THE HONG KONG HEART FOUNDATION, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HONG KONG ANTI- TUBERCULOSIS AND THORACIC DISEAVES 10SOCIATION, HAD RESPONDED SO READILY TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE GOVERNMENT IN THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT.

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