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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1990

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SHE SAID SHE FOUND IT QUITE AMAZING THAT. INVOLVEMENT IN 1987, THE CHEST HAD MANAGED TO MORE THAN DOUBLE INCOME, THROUGH HARD WORK ON THE PART OF THE MEMBERS, AND THROUGH THE ENORMOUS GENEROSITY OF THE DONORS.

"EVEN AS LATE AS MARCH THIS YEAR, IT SEEMED THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO REACH THE TARGET OF $80 MILLION. IN THE EVENT, THE TARGET WAS EXCEEDED BY 10 PER CENT, SO THAT TOTAL DONATIONS AMOUNTED TO $88 MILLION," SHE SAID.

"THIS MARKED THE FIFTH YEAR OF GROWTH IN DONATIONS, AT A COMPOUND RATE OF 24 PER CENT PER ANNUM, SHE ADDED.

SHE POINTED OUT THAT AS THE SUMS GOT BIGGER, IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE EASY TO CONTINUE TO SEEK INCREASES OF THIS ORDER, EVEN THOUGH THE NEEDS OF THE AGENCIES WERE GROWING AT ABOUT THAT RATE.

LADY WILSON PRAISED THE WORK OF THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, CHAIRED BY MRS ANITA CHAN, AND ITS SUPPORTING COMMITTEES, FOR DISPLAYING REMARKABLE INGENUITY IN CREATING NEW WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE COULD SHOW THEIR SUPPORT.

"THEIR WORK HAS BEEN EXTREMELY WELL SUPPLEMENTED BY THE PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE, WHICH HAS BROUGHT THE NEEDS FOR SOCIAL WORK то THE ATTENTION OF MANY, SHE SAID.

"IT IS CLEAR THAT MOST PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WOULD WISH TO MAKE SOME CONTRIBUTION, HOWEVER LARGE OR SMALL. FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNCERTAIN WHERE MONEY IS MOST NEEDED, AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE AGENCIES, A DONATION THROUGH THE CHEST IS A EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE WAY OF GIVING, SHE ADDED.

LADY WILSON PAID TRIBUTE TO

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THOUSAND OF VOLUNTEERS WHO SUPPORTED THE WORK OF THE CHEST THROUGH GIVING THEIR TIME AND THEIR WORK.

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'I AM SURE MEMBER AGENCIES ARE AS GRATEFUL TO THEM AS ALL OF US IN THE CHEST ARE, SHE SAID.

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LADY WILSON SAID AS DONATIONS WERE NOW MORE GENEROUS THAN IN RECENT YEARS, THE ADMISSIONS, BUDGETS AND ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEK WAS THEREFORE ABLE TO MEET 85 PER CENT OF FUNDS REQUESTED FOR THE CURRENT YEAR BY ALI. AGENCIES NOW MEMBERS OF THE CHEST.

"THE WORK OF THIS COMMITTER IS VITAL, SHE SAID, ADDING THAT WITHOUT A CAREFUL, ALLOCATION OF DONATIONS RECEIVED, THE CREDIBILITY OF THE CHEST WOULD BE UNDERMINED.

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SHE THANKED MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE MANY THEY SPENT ON DETAILED EXAMINATION OF THE REQUESTS RECEIVED.

"I AM GLAD TO SAY THAT THE CHEST IS NOW ABLE TO ASSIST IN A GOOD DEAL OF THE WORK THAT IS BEYOND THE PRESENT REACH OF THE GOVERNMENT'S SUBVENTION SYSTEM, LADY WILSON SAID.

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/LADY WILSON