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 From Hong Kong's Information Services Department
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July 31, 2007
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Welfare

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Lotteries Fund allots $83m for welfare
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The Lotteries Fund allocated $83,677,200 to finance various social welfare service programmes from April to June.

 

The Social Welfare Department said $32,626,123 went to elderly and medical social services, $23,732,457 to rehabilitation services, $9,420,615 to family and child welfare services, $8,687,200 to services for offenders, $5,543,300 to youth services, $2,639,688 to social welfare support services and $1,027,814 to community development services.