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QUEEN ELIZABETH FOUNDATION FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED BILL 1988

THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER moved the Second Reading of :

'A Bill to establish the Queen Elizabeth Foundation for the Mentally Handicapped and to provide for the administration thereof and for matters connected therewith'.

He said:

Sir,

I move that the Queen Elizabeth Foundation for

the Mentally Handicapped Bill 1988 be read a second time.

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The object of the Bill is to establish the Queen

Elizabeth Foundation for the Mentally Handicapped with the purpose of furthering the welfare, education and training

of the mentally handicapped in Hong Kong, and promoting

their employment prospects. The Government has decided

that the net profit of $30 million on the sale of gold

coins to commemorate the visit of Her Majesty Queen

Elizabeth II to Hong Kong in 1986, together with a

donation of $30 million from the Royal Hong Kong Jackey

Club and a further matching contribution of $30 million from general revenue, should be made available to the

сар le foundation.