Lotteries Fund allocates $160 million to welfare programmes

     The Lotteries Fund allocated $160,555,800 to finance various social welfare service programmes from October to December, 2004, a Social Welfare Department spokesman said today (February 10).

     "Of that total, $81,019,200 went to youth services, $41,801,600 to social welfare support services, $21,801,600 to elderly and medical social services, $11,644,600 to family and child welfare,$3,948,400 to rehabilitation services, $301,100 to offender services and $39,300 to community development." the spokesman said.

     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.

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February 10, 2005