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 From Hong Kong's Information Services Department
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October 17, 2003
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Social welfare
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Lotteries Fund provides $186m over 3 months
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Social Welfare Department

The Lotteries Fund allocated $186 million to finance social welfare service programmes from July to September this year.

 

Social welfare support services got $89.6 million, $72.5 million to elderly and medical social services, $18.7 million to family and child welfare services, $4.8 million to rehabilitation services and $594,000 to youth services.

 

The fund was established to finance - by way of grants, loans or advances - the operation or development of social welfare services and medical or educational projects with a welfare content.