MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1991
MR FRY POINTED OUT THAT IN THE PAST, CSD HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS DONATIONS OF ARTICLES TO THE VM'S THROUGH THE CENTRE MANAGEMENT, BUT DIRECT OFFER OF MONEY WERE REJECTED UNDER STANDING INSTRUCTIONS.
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'ANYONE WHO MAKES SUCH AN OFFER IF ASKED EITHER TO CONSULT A VOLUNTARY AGENCY OR TO PURCHASE SOMETHING THEMSELVES.
"THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE PURCHASES PRACTICAL VALUE TO THE VM'S,' HE SAID.
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ARE SOMETIMES OF LITTLE
WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE FUND, CSD COULD NOW ACCEPT DIRECT FINANCIAL DONATIONS ON THE VMS' BEHALF FROM VISITORS OR THE PUBLIC, MR FRY NOTED.
"THIS WOULD ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE GREATER IN CATERING FOR THE NEEDS OF THE VIETNAMESE."
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FLEXIBILITY
FROM CSD'S
THE FUND RECEIVED ITS FIRST DONATION OF $16,000 SPORTS ASSOCIATION. THE MONEY WAS PART OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE AUTUMN FAIR ORGANISED BY THE ASSOCIATION IN STANLEY LAST YEAR.
MR FRY SAID THE DEPARTMENT ALSO WELCOMED DONATIONS TO THE FUND BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
THEY CAN MAKE THEIR DONATIONS. THROUGH CENTRE MANAGEMENT OR THE CSD HEADQUARTERS.
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HE SAID DONATION BY CHEQUES SHOULD BE CROSSED AND MADE PAYABLE TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
ALL DONATIONS WOULD BE TAX-DEDUCTABLE, HE ADDED.
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HONG KONG TO ATTEND INTI LABOUR CONFERENCE
HONG KONG WILL SEND A TRIPARTITE TEAM ΤΟ ATTEND THE 78TH SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR conferenCE IN GENEVA FROM JUNE 5 TO 26.
LED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR MR DARWIN CHEN, THE TEAM COMPRISES LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS MR HO SAI-CHU AND MISS LI FUNG-YING, REPRESENTING EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES RESPECTIVELY, AND SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER MRS ANGELA HO.
THEY WILL ACT AS ADVISERS TO THE BRITISH DELEGATION то THE
CONFERENCE,
ABOUT 150 COUNTRIES ARE TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE AT WHICH THE QUESTION OF WORKING CONDITIONS IN RESTAURANTS, HOTELS AND SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS WILL BE DISCUSSED.
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