number of non-government organizations and individuals, and in the year under review this continuing interest has been reflected in donations Lotalling $219,723. In March 1968, a donation of $150,000 was received from the Lions International for the building of an extension to the Lions Club Government Maternal and Child Health Centre in Kowloon City.
185. Sir Shin-kin TANG, whose philanthropy is well-known, con- tributed a total of $1,300,000 towards the cost of a hospital now being built. Pending completion of the building, the interest from Sir Shiu-kin TANG's donation is being devoted to assisting certain non-Government organizations concerned with the provision of medical assistance for the Colony's needy.
IX. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
186. I would like to place on record my sincere appreciation of the loyal and effective support I have continued to receive from all the officers of the Department. The year under review was a most difficult period but the devotion to duty shown by every member of the depart- ment was most commendable as will be appreciated from a study of this report. The considerable pressure of work on all sections has continued to increase, aggravated by staff shortages and difficult working condi- tions. During the disturbances which the Colony had to face in 1967, all members of the staff worked hard and unflinchingly to maintain the high standard of efficiency which the community has come to expect of them, in many instances under the most hazardous conditions. At the same time I must also pay a sincere tribute to the patience and understanding displayed by the public in their acceptance of the unavoid. able deficiencies in the medical service of the Colony.
187. The Department has received the most effective co-operation and help from the voluntary organizations, the Press, Radio, Rediffusion, and many civic-minded persons who served on the many Statutory Boards, Advisory Committees and Working Parties without whose co- operation and assistance it would have been impossible to provide the essential services of the Medical and Health Department. My colleagues in the other branches of Government also rendered invaluable assistance which enabled the Department to carry out its many functions.
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188. To all those who have been mentioned and to the many others who are too numerous to put on record, I extend my heartful thanks for their co-operation and help.
30th June, 1968.
P. H. TENG,
Director of Medical and Health Services.
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