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Red packets for elderly people
Thirty-eight residents of the Wan Chai Housing for the Elderly were each given a red packet (Lai See) today (Wednesday) to celebrate the forthcoming Lunar New Year, thanks to the Tang Shiu Kin and Ho Tim Charitable Fund.
The elderly people were also treated to a sumptuous lunch, followed by a series of performances including Cantonese opera, lion dance and ribbon dance.
Officiating at the presentation ceremony at Po Leung Kuk, the Director of Social Welfare, Mr Ian Strachan, said the Lai See distribution had been a benevolent tradition of the Tang Shiu Kin and Ho Tim Charitable Fund Committee to convey their new year wishes as well as their care and concern for people in the community.
About 5,200 single-parent families receiving Comprehensive Social Security Allowance and some 1,100 elderly people will also be given Lai See before the Lunar New Year.
Each single-parent family will receive $250 and an elderly person, $100. More than $1.40 million from the Fund has been earmarked for this purpose.
The Fund, which is administered by the Social Welfare Department, provides immediate financial assistance to individuals or families to cope with sudden hardship.
"For many years, the Fund has helped many needy people in the community.
"During the last year, the Fund spent about $3.24 million and had helped 1,378 cases altogether," Mr Strachan said.
Also present today were Dr Ho Tim. Lady Shiu-kin Tang and members of the Fund's Committee.
End/Wednesday, January 18, 1995
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