FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1986
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RED PACKETS FOR 4 500 NEEDY PEOPLE
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ABOUT 320 WIDOWED FAMILIES ON HONG KONG ISLAND TODAY (FRIDAY) RECEIVED NEW YEAR +LAI-SEE+ OF $100 EACH FROM THE TANG SHIU KIN AND HO TIM CHARITABLE FUND.
A FURTHER 4 200 BENEFICIARIES WILL RECEIVE THEIR RED PACKETS FROM TOMORROW (SATURDAY) TO JANUARY 24, THEY COMPRISE WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS WITH CHILDREN WHO ARE ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND LIVING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE TERRITORY, ELDERLY PEOPLE IN SELECTED RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONS AND ELDERLY PATIENTS IN THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS.
SOME $700 000 HAS BEEN ALLOCATED BY THE FUND'S MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR DISTRIBUTION PURPOSE.
ASSISTING SIR SHIU-KIN AND MR HO TIM, FOUNDERS OF THE FUND, IN TODAY'S DISTRIBUTION AT THE TUNG WAH HOSPITAL WERE MRS ANSON CHAN, DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, WHO IS THE TRUSTEE OF THE FUND, MR CHARLES LUI, ADVISER, AND TV ARTISTE, MISS DEBORAH LEE.
THE $30 MILLION FUND, WHICH IS 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'S EDUCATION AND TO MEET THE HIGH COSTS FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.
PAYMENTS ARE ALSO MADE FOR NEEDY PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY OR CHRONIC ILLNESS, AND TO VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS.
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 HARDSHIP CASES TO THE SECRETARY OF THE FUND OR THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE.
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