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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1991

HER EARLIER, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FOUNDATION, MRS PEGGY LAM, IN

HAD FOUNDATION

TASKED ITSELF WITH THE WELCOMING SPEECH SAID THE

TO FOSTER A MISSION TO AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE AIDS PROBLEM,

PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM AIDS, CARING AND SUPPORTIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS AND TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ADOPT SUITABLE MEASURES TO AVOID THE OF THE DISEASE.

SPREAD

ONLY

"THERE ARE STILL MANY WHO HOLD THE BELIEF THAT AIDS IS

NAME OF AIDS AS PROBLEM OF THE MINORITY AND THOSE WHO AVERT THE STIGMA," SHE SAID.

"THE MAJORITY OF OUR COMMUNITY EITHER ARE UNCONCERNED REJECT THOSE SUFFERING FROM THE DISEASE.'

..

A A

WITH OR

GRANTED $15 MILLION MRS LAM SAID ALTHOUGH THE GOVERNMENT HAD

WAS NOT ENOUGH TO MEET THE TO THE FOUNDATION AS SEEDING FUND, IT OPERATING EXPENSES, PARTICULARLY AT A TIME WHEN INTEREST RATES WERE SO LOW.

WHILE SHE WAS PLEASED WITH A GENEROUS DONATION OF $250,000 FROM

AIDS WEI LUN

JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE THE

FOUNDATION'S FOUNDATION

FOR DONATIONS INAUGURATION, SHE FELT THE RESPONSE TO A RECENT APPEAL HAD NOT BEEN AS GREAT AS SHE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE.

THE EVE THAT

MRS LAM ADDED: "THE INAUGURATION OF THE FOUNDATION ON OF THE WORLD AIDS DAY DOES HAVE AN ADDITIONAL MEANING: IT SHOWS THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY IS PREPARED TO SHARE THE CHALLENGE WITH COUNTRIES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST AIDS".

OTHER

ST JAMES' SETTLEMENT PRAISED FOR ITS COMMUNITY SERVICE

* * * * * *

LADY

TO ST

WILSON TODAY (SATURDAY) PAID TRIBUTE SETTLEMENT FOR ITS SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE WELFARE ELDERLY AND THE YOUNG OVER THE YEARS.

"

JAMES'

OF THE

BECAUSE

'SERVICES TO THE ELDERLY DESERVE A PARTICULAR MENTION THE ELDERLY POPULATION IN HONG KONG IS GROWING RAPIDLY AND WE NEED TO LADY WILSON WHEN IMPROVE AND

OUR SERVICES FOR THEM," SAID EXPAND OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE RENOVATED HEADQUARTERS ST JAMES' SETTLEMENT.

OF

"I

AM SURE THAT ST JAMES' SETTLEMENT WILL CONTINUE TO TRY MEET THIS WORTHWHILE CHALLENGE," SHE SAID.

TO

LADY WILSON SAID THE RENOVATION OF THE ORGANISATION'S HEADQUARTERS MARKED A NEW MILESTONE IN ITS SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

JAMES'

"FROM A RATHER HUMBLE BEGINNING IN WAN CHAI 41 YEARS AGO,

SETTLEMENT

MULTI-SERVICE

HAS

DEVELOPED

INTO A

ORGANISATION PROVIDING SERVICES TO CHILDREN, YOUNG

AND OLDER PEOPLE, SHE SAID.

PEOPLE,

ST

WELFARE FAMILIES

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