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THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1987

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YOUDE FUND RECEIVES GRASSROOTS SUPPORT

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DISTRICT BODIES HAVE RESPONDED ENTHUSIASTICALLY TO THE

SIR EDWARD YOUDE FUND.

AT A RECENT MEETING OF THE SAN PO KONG (INDUSTRIAL) AREA COMMITTEE, A DONATION OF $11 450 WAS COLLECTED FROM MEMBERS IN RESPONSE TO THE +$10 DRIVE+. THE SUM WAS HANDED OVER TO THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR NICHOLAS YEK.

+ THE OTHER 12 AREA COMMITTEES IN THE DISTRICT HAVE PLANS FOR SIMILAR ARRANGEMENTS. + A WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS ALSO SUPPORTED THE DRIVE, HE ADDED.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD'S SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE TOOK THE

THE LEAD BY CONTRIBUTING DURING A MEETING EARLIER IN THE WEEK. DONATION WILL BE SENT TO THE FUND IN THE NAME OF THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD AFTER DONATIONS FROM OTHER DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS ARE COLLECTED.

STAFF OF THE WONG TAL SIN DISTRICT OFFICE ALSO MADE DONATIONS AS A MARK OF RESPECT TO SIR EDWARD, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

MEANWHILE, THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE TODAY RECEIVED A DONATION TO THE SIR EDWARD YOUDE FUND FROM A CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY.

THE CONTRIBUTION, AMOUNTING TO $2 617, CAME FROM 140 RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD ACTION ADVICE COUNCIL MARTHA BAKER SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY IN UPPER NGAU TAU KOK ESTATE.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DISTRICT OFFICE THANKED THE ELDERLY PEOPLE FOR THEIR DONATION, HE ALSO CALLED ON OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN THE DISTRICT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE FUND, NO MATTER HOW LARGE OR SMALL THE CONTRIBUTIONS MIGHT BE.

IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT, STAFF OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE ALSO GAVE GENEROUSLY TO THE SIR EDWARD YOUDE FUND.

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