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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1984

MR BARNES SAID THAT MAJOR GRANTS THIS YEAR INCLUDED $1 468 400 TO THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS, THE BULK OF WHICH IS FOR THE PURCHASE OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND FOR THE PROPOSED TUEN MUN SOCIAL SERVICE CENTRE PROJECT.

THE UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL RECEIVED A GRANT OF $654 300 TO PURCHASE VARIOUS ITEMS OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, THE LARGER ONES BEING AN AUTO-ANALYSER AND A FETAL HEART MONITOR.

CARITAS, HONG KONG, WAS GIVEN $603 000, OF WHICH $141 000 WILL BE USED TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT FOR ITS NURSERIES, KINDERGARTENS, SOCIAL CENTRES, CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY AND HOSTELS, AND $462 000 FOR THE CARITAS MEDICAL CENTRE TO PURCHASE AN AUTOMATIC BIOCHEMISTRY ANALYSER.

THE HONG KONG TUBERCULOSIS CHEST AND HEART DISEASES ASSOCIATION RECEIVED $580 400, OF WHICH $307 400 WILL BE USED FOR THE RUTTONJEE SANATORIUM TO PURCHASE VARIOUS ITEMS OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, AND $273 000 FOR THE GRANTHAM HOSPITAL TO ACQUIRE A DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY SYSTEM WITH AN IMAGE INTENSIFIER TV MONITORING UNIT.

THE ALICE HO MIU LING NETHERSOLE HOSPITAL WAS GIVEN $526 200 TO PURCHASE A BLOOD GAS ANALYSER FOR ITS LABORATORY, A TRANSCULTANEOUS BLOOD GAS SYSTEM FOR THE NEONATAL UNIT AND OTHER ITEMS OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT.

A DONATION OF $482 000 WAS GIVEN TO THE HONG KONG ANTI-CANCER SOCIETY TO ACQUIRE TWO MORTUARY REFRIGERATORS.

THE SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF DISABLED CHILDREN WAS GIVEN $442 800, OF WHICH $390 500 WILL BE USED TO PURCHASE A FLAT-WORK IRONER FOR THE LAUNDRY OF THE DUCHESS OF KENT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

A SUM OF $431 800 WAS GIVEN TO THE PO LEUNG KUK, MAINLY TO RENOVATE THE VOCATIONAL BUILDING WHERE THE BABIES SECTION IS HOUSED, THE KO CHIU ROAD SHELTERED WORKSHOP AND HOSTEL AND TO CARRY OUT WORKS AT THE PAK TAM CHUNG HOLIDAY CAMP.

A SUM OF $379 800 WAS GIVEN TO PROVIDE MILK FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IN 59 SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND TO ALLOW THEM TO GO ON OUTINGS AND EDUCATIONAL VISITS. ANOTHER $217 200 WAS TO SUBSIDISE THE HANDICAPPED AND UNDERPRIVILEDGED SCHOOL CHILDREN TO ATTEND OUTDOOR EDUCATION CAMPS.

A GRANT OF $296 300 WAS MADE TO THE HONG KONG RED CROSS TO PROMOTE ITS DONOR RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN AND TO BUY SPECIAL EQUIPMENT FOR ITS SCHOOLS.

A GRANT OF $262 900 WAS GIVEN TO THE EVANGEL HOSPITAL FOR THE PURCHASE OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FOR ITS LABORATORY AND OPERATING THEATRE.

THE EVANGEL CHILDREN'S HOME WAS GRANTED $265 000 TO RENOVATE ITS 20-YEAR-OLD BUILDING AND TO REPLACE THE WORN-OUT EQUIPMENT, ANOTHER $216 800 WAS DONATED TO THE DIAMOND HILL KWONG YUM HOME FOR THE AGED TO RENOVATE AND EQUIP ITS KITCHEN.

/THE YAN