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MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1985

SIR ROBERT HO TUNG CHARITABLE FUND MAKES GRANTS

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GRANTS TOTALLING ABOUT $11.6 MILLION FROM THE SIR ROBERT HO TUNG CHARITABLE FUND HAVE BEEN MADE RECENTLY TO 92 CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS IN HONG KONG.

THIS WAS ANNOUNCED BY MR T.H. CHAU, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ALLOCATION COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADVISING THE GOVERNOR ON THE GRANTS.

THE SIR ROBERT HO TUNG CHARITABLE FUND IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CHARITABLE TRUSTS IN HONG KONG. IT WAS ESTABLISHED BY A BEQUEST BY SIR ROBERT HO TUNG ON HIS DEATH IN 1956. THE FUND IS ADMINISTERED BY THE HONGKONG BANK TRUSTEE LTD.

MR CHAU SAID THAT MAJOR GRANTS THIS YEAR INCLUDED $2 047 500 TO THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS, LARGELY FOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE TUNG WAH HOSPITAL AND THE KWONG WAH HOSPITAL, AND FOR SETTING UP THE TUNG WAH GROUPS OF HOSPITALS CENTENARY HOME FOR THE AGED,

CARITAS, HONG KONG, GOT $1 299 900, OF WHICH $1 072 200 WILL BE USED BY THE CARITAS MEDICAL CENTRE TO BUY AN ECHO-CARDIOGRAM ULTRASOUND SCANNING SYSTEM, A SEMI-AUTOMATIC CELL COUNTING SYSTEM AND A TRINOCULAR MICROSCOPE, AND $227 700 FOR EQUIPMENT FOR CARITAS' NURSERIES, CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY, HOSTELS, SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND CLINICS.

THE UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL RECEIVED $861 800, THE HONG KONG TUBERCULOSIS CHEST AND HEART DISEASES ASSOCIATION RECEIVED $667 300, AND THE GRANTHAM HOSPITAL GOT $522 000.

THE YAN CHAI HOSPITAL RECEIVED $586 100 AND THE HONG KONG RED CROSS GOT $522 800.

THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR REHABILITATION WAS GIVEN $500 000 AND THE ALICE HO MIU LING NETHERSOLE HOSPITAL, $450 200.

A SUM OF $379 300 WAS GIVEN TO PROVIDE MILK FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IN 55 SPECIAL SCHOOLS, AND TO ALLOW THEM TO GO ON OUTINGS AND EDUCATIONAL VISITS. ANOTHER $262 100 WAS GIVEN TO SUBSIDIZE HANDICAPPED AND UNDERPRIVILEDGED SCHOOL CHILDREN TO ATTEND OUTDOOR EDUCATIONAL CAMPS.

OUR LADY OF MARYKNOLL HOSPITAL WAS GRANTED $353 000, AND THE NAM LONG HOSPITAL $347 000.

A SUM OF $287 400 WAS GIVEN TO THE PO LEUNG KUK, AND $264 100 TO THE EVANGEL CHILDREN'S HOME.

OTHER GRANTS WERE MADE TO THE POK OI HOSPITAL ($225 100) AND THE EVANGEL HOSPITAL ($205 200), THE ST. JOHN COUNCIL ($174 700), THE FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG ($150 000), AND THE SALVATION ARMY ($140 400).

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