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SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 1985

RECUPERATION CENTRE TOPS POLICE SHOPPING LIST ******

A RECUPERATION CENTRE FOR POLICE OFFICERS RECOVERING FROM SHOOTING INCIDENTS OR OTHER ILLNESSES, TO BE PROVIDED IN A PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT AT DISCOVERY BAY, LANTAU, HEADS A ''SHOPPING LIST OF FORCE WELFARE PROJECTS THAT WILL RESULT FROM A DONATION OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS PRESENTED TO THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE BY PHILANTHROPIST SIR SHIU-KIN TANG,

SIR SHIU-KIN PRESENTED HIS MILLION DOLLAR CHEQUE TO DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MANAGEMENT, MR ERIC BLACKBURN AT A LUNCHEON TO CELEBRATE MR BLACKBURN'S BIRTHDAY.

THE PRESENTATION WAS MADE TO THE FORE IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

OF MR BLACKBURN'S VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION BOTH TO THE FORCE AND TO THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

IN ADDITION TO THE DISCOVERY BAY RECUPERATION CENTRE, THE DONATION WILL BE SPENT ON :

+ UP GRADING OVER NIGHT ACCOMMODATION AT GREEN ISLAND

RECREATION CENTRE,

+ THE TRANSFER OF THE FORCE MUSEUM TO WANCHAI GAP POLICE

STATION,

+ IMPROVEMENTS TO THE GAZETTED OFFICERS MESS,

+ THE PROVISION OF FITTED CARPETS IN POLICE PREMISES TO WHICH

THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS,

+ LEOPARD SKINS FOR ALL POLICE BAND DRUMMERS AND A NEW

SILVER MACE FOR THE DRUM MAJOR,

+ A DONATION TO FORCE TENNIS.

IN A SPEECH OF THANKS, MR BLACKBURN NOTED THAT SIR SHIU-KIN HAD IN THE PAST GIVEN MORE THAN $5 MILLION TO FUND VARIOUS POLICE WELFARE PROJECTS, AND HIS EXTREME GENEROSITY WAS UNPRECEDENTED, PARTICULARLY WHEN LOOKED AT IN RELATION TO THE MANY OTHER GIFTS AND GRANTS HE HAD MADE TO VARIOUS CHARITIES. IN RECENT YEARS HE HAD GIVEN MORE THAN $100 MILLION TO HELP THE POORER PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.

IT IS A TRUISM THAT AS A GROUP YOU HAVE FAVOURED THE DISCIPLINED SERVICES OF GOVERNMENT AND EACH HAS BENEFITED BY YOUR CONCERN FOR THE WELFARE OF THE OFFICERS WHO SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN THEIR VARIOUS CAPACITIES.

''I THINK IT IS FAIR COMMENT TO SAY THAT EACH OF THE SERVICES NOW HAS A VERY HEALTHY WELFARE FUND, GOOD MESSES AND HIGH MORALE AND THAT YOU SIR HAVE PLAYED A VERY SIGNIFICANT PART IN ACHIEVING THIS DESIRABLE STATE OF AFFAIRS.''

/GIVING ASSISTANCE