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Other allocations include:

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about $1.3 million to the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, of which $0.67 million would be used to purchase equipment to carry out cardiopulmonary assessment and rehabilitation projects for the elderly at risk in Kwong Wah Hospital;

$1.1 million to the Evangel Children's Home for large scale renovation works;

$0.9 million to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to continue their mobile veterinary clinic service;

about $0.6 million to the Hong Kong Red Cross and the St. John Council for Hong Kong each received for strengthening their various services;

$0.5 million to the Hong Kong Family Welfare Society to improve their services;

$0.4 million to the Neighbourhood Advice Action Council to enhance the productivity of its sheltered-workshop for people with a disability; and

$0.3 million to the Chai Wan Baptist Church to replace the furniture and equipment damaged by a land slip last year in its Child Care Centre and Children and Youth Centre.

One of the largest charitable trusts in Hong Kong, the Sir Robert Ho Tung Charitable Fund was set up with a bequest of $0.5 million by the late Sir Robert Ho Tung in 1956.

In 1966, the capital of the Fund was increased through an injection of $4.95 million from the China Charitable Fund set up by him.

The Sir Robert Ho Tung Charitable Fund is managed by HSBC Trustee (Hong Kong) Ltd.

Applications are invited once a year in around June/July through the Department of Health, the Hospital Authority, the Social Welfare Department, the Education Department, the Home Affairs Department and the Agriculture and Fisheries Department.

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