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SATURDAY,

26, 1981

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SIR ROBERT HO TUNG CHARITABLE FUND 1981 ALLOCATION

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GRANTS TOT. LLING $8.4 MILLION FROM THE SIR ROBERT HO TUNG CHARITABLE FUND HAVE BEEN MADE RECENTLY TO 94 CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS IN HONG KONG. THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 300 PER CENT OVER LAST YEAR.

THIS WAS ANNOUNCED BY MR GEOFFREY BARNES, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ALLOCATION COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADVISING THE GOVERNOR ON THE ALLOCATION OF THE FUNDS AVAILABLE.

THE SIR ROBERT HO TUNG CHARITABLE FUND IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CHARITABLE TRUSTS IN HONG KONG. IT WAS ESTABLISHED BY A BEQUEST OF $500 000 BY THE LATE SIR ROBERT HO TUNG ON HIS DEATH IN 1956, THE FUND IS ADMINISTERED BY THE HONG KONG BANK TRUSTEE LIMITED,

MR BARNES SAID THAT MAJOR GRANTS THIS YEAR INCLUDED $1 MILLION TO THE NEW LIFE PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION ASSOCIATION TO MEET PART OF THE CAPITAL COSTS OF A LONG STAY CARE HOME IN TUEN MUN FOR 200 MENTALLY DISABLED.

THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS WAS GRANTED $908 500, THE BULK OF WHICH IS TO PURCHASE TWO SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC ANALYSERS FOR THE TUNG WAH AND TUNG WAH EASTERN HOSPITALS TO COPE WITH THE INCREASED DEMAND ON BIOCHEMICAL TESTS.

AN ALLOCATION OF $820 000 WAS MADE TO THE HONG KONG ANTI-CANCER SOCIETY NAM LONG HOSPITAL TO PURCHASE AN ELECTROLYTIC ANALYSER AND TO INSTALL AN EMERGENCY GENERATOR,

A SUM OF $633 700 HAD BEEN GIVEN TO THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION AND BRIGADE FOR HONG KONG TO FIT OUT THREE NEW TRAINING CENTRES IN TAI PO, YUEN LONG AND THE HONG KONG ISLAND, AND TO PURCHASE TRAINING EQUIPMENT FOR ITS AMBULANCE, NURSING, DENTAL AND CADET SECTIONS.

THE CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN WONG TAI SIN WILL BE PROVIDED WITH A ROLLER SKATING RINK WITH A DONATION OF $400 000 FROM THE FUND. IN ADDITION, $301 900 WAS DONATED TO THE EVANGEL CHILDREN'S HOME IN THE DISTRICT TO CARRY OUT MAJOR REPAIRS AND RENOVATION.

THE SPASTIC ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG RECEIVED A GRANT OF $241 900, OF WHICH $150 000 WILL BE USED TO INSTALL A PASSENGER LIFT IN THE TING HSIUNG CHAO SCHOOL FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN WITH SERIOUS MOBILITY DIFFICULTIES. THE REMAINDER IS TO PURCHASE

A POSSUM BASIC SKILLS SYSTEM AND OTHER EQUIPMENT FOR ITS CENTRES AND SCHOOLS.

A SUM OF $238 600 WAS GRANTED TO THE CARITAS MEDICAL CENTRE TO PURCHASE MEDICAL AND DENTAL EQUIPMENT FOR ITS CLINICS.

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