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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1982

SIR ROBERT HO TUNG CHARITABLE FUND 1982 ALLOCATION

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GRANTS TOTALLING $9.2 MILLION FROM THE SIR ROBERT HO TUNG CHARITABLE FUND HAVE BEEN MADE RECENTLY TO 72 CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS IN HONG KONG. THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 99.5 PER CENT OVER THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF GRANTS MADE DURING THE PAST THREE YEARS.

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 HONGKONG BANK TRUSTEE LTD.

MR BARNES SAID THAT MAJOR GRANTS THIS YEAR INCLUDED $1 449 000 TO THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS, THE BULK OF WHICH IS FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE PHYSIOTHERAPY DEPARTMENT AT WONG TAI SIN INFIRMARY.

THE WEST CHINA EVANGELISTIC BAND OLD PEOPLE'S HOME INC. WAS GRANTED $1 100 000 TO MEET PART OF THE CAPITAL COSTS FOR SETTING UP A NEW CARE AND ATTENTION HOME FOR 40 OLD PEOPLE WHO ARE PHYSICALLY INFIRM.

AN ALLOCATION OF $703 100 WAS MADE TO OUR LADY OF MARYKNOLL HOSPITAL TO PURCHASE AN ULTRASONIC SCANNER AND OTHER ITEMS OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT.

A SUM OF $571 300 WAS GIVEN TO THE PO LEUNG KUK, MAINLY TO RENOVATE AND TO EQUIP ITS NURSERY.

A SUM OF $414 100 WAS GIVEN TO PROVIDE MILK FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IN 43 SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND TO ALLOW THEM TO GO ON OUTINGS AND EDUCATIONAL VISITS.

ANOTHER $391 600 WAS GIVEN TO THE EVANGEL HOSPITAL FOR THE INSTALLATION OF OXYGEN, COMPRESSED AIR AND VACUUM OUTLETS AND THE INSTALLATION OF EQUIPMENT FOR ITS MILK KITCHEN.

THE UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL RECEIVED A GRANT OF $371 500 TO PURCHASE VARIOUS ITEMS OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, THE LARGER ONES BEING TWO UNITS OF RESPIRATORS AND CARDIAC MONITORS. IN ADDITION, $337 200 WAS DONATED TO THE CARITAS MEDICAL CENTRE FOR THE REPAIR AND REPROVISIONING OF TWO LIFTS AND THE ACQUISITION OF A BIOLOGICAL SAFETY CABINET FOR ITS CLINICAL PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY.

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