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 From Hong Kong's Information Services Department
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August 2, 2006
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Welfare 
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Lotteries Fund allocates $150m in Q2
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Social Welfare Department

The Lotteries Fund has allocated $150,720,200 to finance social welfare service programmes from April through June this year.

 

The Social Welfare Department said $78,823,974 of the aid went to social welfare support, $31,826,223 to rehabilitation services, $25,689,872 to elderly and medical social services, $8,225,967 to family and child welfare services, $5,149,006 to  youth services and $1,005,158 to community development.

   

The fund was set up to fund social welfare services and medical or educational projects by way of grants, loans or advances.