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MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1980

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DONATIONS TO TUNG WAH AND PO LEUNG KUK

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THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS AND THE PO LEUNG KUK HAVE BENEFITTED FROM A DONATION OF $420 000 EACH FROM THE FUND OF THE CHINESE RECREATION GROUND AND YAU MA TEI PUBLIC SQUARE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.

THE GRANT WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE CHINESE MEMBERS OF UMELCO IN THE IR CAPACITY AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

THE COMMITTEE NOW DISBANDED WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE GROUNDS AT HOLLYWOOD ROAD AND YAU MA TEI PUBLIC SQUARE WHICH HAVE NOW BEEN RESUMED FOR REDEVELOPMENT.

DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS, MR HAIDER BARMA SAID TODAY TUNG WAH AND PO LEUNG KUK WERE THE LOGICAL INSTITUTIONS TO BE SELECTED AS BENEFICIARIES BECAUSE IN THE 1960'S WHEN THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE WAS FORMED, ITS MEMBERS WERE IN FACT CONCURRENTLY MEMBERS OF EITHER OR BOTH THE TUNG WAX ADVISORY BOARD AND THE PO LEUNG KUK PERMANENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

WHAT IS MORE, THESE TWO ORGANISATIONS ARE TRADITIONAL CHINESE CHARITIES, EACH WITH A DISTINGUISHED RECORD OF OVER 100 YEARS OF COMMUNITY AND WELFARE SERVICES, HE SAID.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS, MR DAKCHISON YIU WELCOMED THE DONATION AND SAID IT WOULD GO TOWARDS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION COST OF THE NEW WING AT THE KWONG WAH HOSPITAL.

MR C.B. CHIU, CHAIRMAN OF THE PO LEUNG KUK WAS EQUALLY DELIGHTED. HE SAID THE MONEY WOULD HELP DEFRAY PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF THE SWIMMING POOL AT ITS PAK TAM CHUNG HOLIDAY CAMP IN SAI KUNG.

CRIME PREVENTION FORTNIGHT IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT

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A FORTNIGHT OF PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF CRIME PREVENTION WILL BE HELD IN THE SOUTHERN CITY DISTRICT LATER THIS MONTH.

ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT'S FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE POLICE AND LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS, THE ACTIVITIES ARE PART OF THE ANNUAL DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN.

THE CAMPAIGN AIMS AT CULTIVATING GENERAL AWARENESS AGAINST CRIME AND ENCOURAGING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO PLAN AND IMPLEMENT EFFECTIVE CRIME PREVENTION MEASU

ANNOUNCING THIS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, TH CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (SOUTHERN), MR KWONG K1-CHI, SAID THAT 1973, FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGNS IN THE DISTRICT HAD BEEN DIRECTED TOWARDS ENCOURAGING REPCETS OF CRIME AND SUPP-T OF POLICE EFFORTS.

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