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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1985

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WIDOWED FAMILIES GET RED PACKETS

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MORE THAN 300 WIDOWED FAMILIES ON HONG KONG ISLAND TODAY (SATURDAY) RECEIVED NEW YEAR +LAI-SEE+ OF $100 EACH FROM THE TANG SHIU KIN AND HO TIM CHARITABLE FUND.

ANOTHER 9 600 BENEFICIARIES, INCLUDING WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN AND ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE TERRITORY, ELDERLY PEOPLE IN RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONS AND ELDERLY PATIENTS IN TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS WILL GET THEIR RED PACKETS NEXT WEEK.

NEARLY $1 MILLION HAS BEEN ALLOCATED BY THE FUND'S

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR DISTRIBUTION.

ASSISTING SIR SHIU-KIN AND MR HO, FOUNDERS OF THE FUND, IN TODAY'S DISTRIBUTION AT THE TUNG WAH HOSPITAL WERE MRS ANSON CHAN, DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, WHO IS ALSO THE TRUSTEE OF THE FUND MR CHARLES LUI, ADVISER, AND FILM STARS MISS LIZA WONG AND LITTLE WONG KA-MING.

THE FUND, ADMINISTERED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, PROVIDES IMMEDIATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES IN COPING WITH HARDSHIP BROUGHT ON BY UNEXPECTED CIRCUMSTANCES.

GRANTS ARE PROVIDED TO MAINTAIN A CHILD THROUGH HIS EDUCATION, TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT OR TO MEET HIGH COSTS FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT OR OTHER NEEDS.

PAYMENTS ARE ALSO MADE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS ARISING FROM PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY OR CHRONIC ILLNESS.

IN PARTICULAR, THE FUND HELPS VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS WITH URGENT NEEDS.

APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE FUND CAN BE MADE TO THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS, PO LEUNG KUK OR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.

SOCIAL WORKERS OF VOLUNTARY AGENCIES MAY ALSO REFER HARDSHIPS CASES TO THE SECRETARY OF THE FUND OR THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE.

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