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 From Hong Kong's Information Services Department
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October 28, 2004
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Charity

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Lotteries Fund gives $75m to charity
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Social Welfare Department

The Lotteries Fund allocated $75,017,400 to finance various social welfare service programmes from July to September, the Social Welfare Department says.

 

Social welfare support services received $63 million, family and child welfare services got $5,476,900, rehabilitation services got $3,757,500, elderly and medical social services received $2.783 million.

 

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.