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The Sir Robert Ho Tung Charitable Fund has allocated $10.36 million to 197 charitable projects in the areas of medicine and health, rehabilitation, social welfare, education, community service and anti-drug abuse this year.
A spokesman for the fund's Allocation Committee said today (October 25), "The fund's donation enables about 110 organisations to enhance their services which will benefit a large number of people, especially the underprivileged."
Major grants included:
* $1.02 million for the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals to purchase equipment for the elderly and chronically ill patients, and to organise education camps for children with intellectual disabilities;
* $550,000 for United Christian Hospital to acquire medical equipment for chronically ill patients;
* $506,000 for the Salvation Army to acquire equipment and organise programmes for children, youth and the elderly;
* $500,000 for Shatin Hospital to acquire medical and nursing equipment for its patients and the elderly;
* $483,000 for Yan Chai Hospital to acquire medical and nursing equipment for its patients and the frail elderly with limited mobility;
* $441,000 for Po Leung Kuk to acquire equipment for the elderly and organise programmes for children with intellectual disability; and
* $400,000 for the Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest & Heart Diseases Association to acquire monitoring systems for its acute medical wards.
Other fund recipients included the Hong Kong Red Cross, the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children, the Hong Kong St John Ambulance, Evangel Children's Home, Heung Hoi Ching Kok Lin Association, the Hong Kong Eye Hospital, the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, Tuen Mun Hospital and Wu Oi Christian Centre.
The Sir Robert Ho Tung Charitable Fund, one of the major trust funds in Hong Kong, was set up in 1956 with a bequest of $500,000 by the late Sir Robert Ho Tung. It is now managed by HSBC Trustee (Hong Kong) Limited.
Ends/Monday, October 25, 2010
Issued at HKT 10:31
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