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TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1986

SHAW DONATIONS BENEFIT MANY

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GOVERNOR

DONATIONS BY THE WELL-KNOWN PHILANTHROPIST SIR RUN RUN SHAW HAD BROUGHT GREAT BENEFIT TO MANY IN THE COMMUNITY, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID TODAY.

THE GOVERNOR WAS SPEAKING IN APPRECIATION OF +ANOTHER VERY SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT+ DONATED BY SIR RUN RUN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF HONG KONG'S TERTIARY EDUCATION AND MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS, AT A RECEPTION HE HOSTED AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

THIS YEAR'S DONATIONS BY SHAW FOUNDATION TOTALLED $120.6 MILLION.

SAID:

SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF TODAY'S BENEFICIARIES, THE GOVERNOR

+THE $100 MILLION DONATION TO THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY

WILL BE DEVOTED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FOURTH COLLEGE: THE BAPTIST COLLEGE WILL UTILISE ITS DONATION OF $10 MILLION PRINCIPALLY TO FUND ITS PROGRAMME IN COMMUNICATION STUDIES AND LANGUAGE TRAINING, AND THE HONG KONG ADVENTIST HOSPITAL WILL MAKE USE OF ITS SHARE TO IMPROVE ITS FACILITIES.+

HE THANKED SIR RUN RUN +ONCE AGAIN+ FOR +HIS GREAT GENEROSITY AND HIS CONSTANT CONCERN FOR OUR COMMUNITY.+

A SUM OF $10 MILLION HAD EARLIER BEEN DONATED TO YAN CHAI HOSPITAL FOR EXPANSION OF FACILITIES AND BEDS.

MAKING THE PRESENTATION, SIR RUN RUN SHAW SAID HONG KONG WAS NOT JUST A PROSPEROUS CITY AND BUSINESS CENTRE WITH NO SOUL AND NO SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

PHILANTHROPY, HE SAID, WAS VERY MUCH A HONG KONG TRADITION WHICH HAD MANIFESTED ITSELF EVEN IN THE MOST TRYING TIMES. THE SIZE OF THE CONTRIBUTION MIGHT VARY, BUT THE SPIRIT WAS THE SAME.

+THIS IS A TRADITION I SUPPORT AND ONE WHICH I HOPE WILL ENDURE, HE SAID.

RECALLING THE $106 MILLION DONATION MADE BY THE SHAW FOUNDATION LAST YEAR FOR A SIMILAR CAUSE, SIR RUN RUN SAID THAT THIS SECOND DONATION WAS MADE WITH THE THOUGHT THAT THE EFFORTS OF THE FOUNDATION HAD BORNE SOME FRUIT AND HAD BEEN OF BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY.

THE GOVERNOR LATER PRESENTED THE CHEQUES TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE RENESICIARIES.

THE SHAW