XN000022-1987-01-10 — Page 2

SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1987

$9.6 MILLION ALLOCATED FROM SIR ROBERT HO TUNG CHARITABLE FUND

*****

GRANTS TOTALLING MORE THAN $9.6 MILLION HAVE BEEN MADE RECENTLY FROM THE SIR ROBERT HO TUNG CHARITABLE FUND TO 70 CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS IN HONG KONG.

THIS WAS ANNOUNCED BY DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE MISS ELAINE CHUNG, WHO IS ALSO CHAIRMAN OF THE ALLOCATION COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADVISING THE GOVERNOR ON ALLOCATIONS FROM THE FUND.

THE SIR ROBERT HO TUNG CHARITABLE FUND IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CHARITABLE TRUSTS IN HONG KONG. IT WAS ESTABLISHED BY A BEQUEST OF $500 000 BY THE LATE SIR ROBERT HO TUNG ON HIS DEATH IN 1956. THE FUND 19 ADMINISTERED BY HONGKONG BANK TRUSTEE LTD.

MISS CHUNG SAID THAT MAJOR GRANTS THIS YEAR INCLUDED $1 032 570 TO THE OUR LADY OF MARYKNOLL HOSPITAL FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM IN THE OPERATING THEATRE AND THE PURCHASE OF THREE BEDPAN WASHERS AND AN X-RAY PROCESSOR,

THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS RECEIVED $960 290 MAINLY FOR THE PURCHASE OF AN AUTOMATIC HAEMATOLOGY COUNTER AND AN OPERATING TABLE FOR THE TUNG WAH EASTERN HOSPITAL, FOR THE UPGRADING OF THE TRANSFER AND BATHING FACILITIES AND THE PURCHASE OF REHABILITATIVE EQUIPMENT FOR THE WONG TAI SIN INFIRMARY, AND FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF SOME OF THE WARD FURNITURE OF THE KWONG WAH HOSPITAL.

THE YAN CHAI HOSPITAL WAS GRANTED $858 100 FOR THE PURCHASE OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT INCLUDING A MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY SYSTEM AND ANAESTHETIC APPARATUS.

THE PO LEUNG KUK WAS GRANTED $802 190, MAINLY FOR ROOF WATER-PROOFING WORK AT THE KUK'S CENTRAL BUILDING.

CARITAS, HONG KONG, WAS GRANTED $565 850, OF WHICH $515 300 IS FOR THE CARITAS MEDICAL CENTRE TO PURCHASE VARIOUS ITEMS OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, AND $50 550 TO PURCHASE BOOKS AND TOYS FOR ITS SOCIAL CENTRES AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE FABIOLA HOME AND ST. GODFREY'S CLINIC.

A GRANT OF $519 690 WAS MADE TO THE HONG KONG RED CROSS TO PROMOTE BLOOD DONOR RECRUITMENT AND TO BUY EQUIPMENT AND BOOKS FOR ITS SPECIAL SCHOOLS.

THE HONG KONG TUBERCULOSIS, CHEST AND HEART DISEASES ASSOCIATION RECEIVED $514 720, OF WHICH $149 000 WAS FOR THE RUTTON JEE SANATORIUM TO PURCHASE A MICROPROCESSOR VENTILATOR, AND $365 720 FOR THE GRANTHAM HOSPITAL TO PURCHASE A TB CULTURE INCUBATOR AND A BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPH.

THE NAM LONG HOSPITAL WAS GRANTED $486 560 FOR THE PURCHASE OF A BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSER FOR THE CLINICAL LABORATORY.

THE SOCIETY