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Over HK$16 Millions Raised by “Operation Santa Claus 2016” for 23 NGOs

Date:2017-01-17

There is more happiness in giving than in receiving. The annual fund-raising campaign, Operation Santa Claus (OSC), is jointly organized by Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) Radio 3 and South China Morning Post (SCMP). Themed as “Small Change, Big Change”, OSC 2016 showed remarkable concern of the public towards those in need over the last two months. A total raised of HK$16,002,530 was revealed at the closing ceremony today (17 January) by officiating guests, Wife of the Chief Executive, Regina LEUNG; Director of Broadcasting, LEUNG Ka-wing; Chief Executive Officer of South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd., Gary LIU, and representatives of donors and beneficiaries.

Director of Broadcasting, LEUNG Ka-wing and Chief Executive Officer of SCMP Publishers Ltd., Gary LIU expressed their gratitude to all donors for their generosity, as well as to those who continuously initiated creative fundraising ideas for the good cause. In addition, some outstanding supporters received awards during the ceremony. Morgan Stanley, raising HK$3.2M this year, was awarded the “Top Corporate Fundraiser” for a number of fund-raising activities, including its annual “Morgan Stanley Directors’ Choir”. The “Top School Fundraiser Award” again went to Discovery Mind as they raised about HK$120K by completing a charity walk. Delia School of Canada was awarded the “Most Creative School” for organising the “Crazy Hat and Hair Day”. An amount of over HK$70K was raised, which is one of the highest amounts among school donors. KPMG received the “Most Creative Fundraiser Award” for organising their very first signature fundraiser in Hong Kong – “KPMG Run for a Claus”, which is a city hunt where participants ran across Hong Kong to tackle GPS-triggered challenges, in the name of charity.

Established in 1988 with the aim of connecting the local community to charities with the help of the city’s most respected media organisations, OSC is one of Hong Kong’s most beloved charity efforts. This year, 23 charities in six distinct areas have been identified to receive OSC donations. They are serving the causes of Children & Youth, Elderly, Community, Environment, Medical Services and Physical/Mental Disabilities. Their worthy programmes that OSC will support in this year are:

Name of Organisation	Project Title
AIDS Concern Foundation	Love Love Ride
Animals Asia Foundation	Animals Asia –Dr Dog OSC Programme
Art in Hospital	Art is My Buddy– Art Workshop for Children and Adolescent
Benji’s Centre	Speech Therapy Service for Children from Low-Income Families
Enrich	Economic Empowerment for Migrant Domestic Workers
Families of SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy) Charitable Trust	Home-based Rehabilitation Scheme and Medical Equipment and Wheelchairs for Disabled SMA patients
FHL Adventure Education Centre	A Step Towards your New Life
Hans Andersen Club	Story Wonderland
Health in Action	Ethnic Minority Healthy Living Project
Hong Kong Arthritis & Rheumatism Foundation	Arthritis Buddy, Energetic Life
Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centre	Maggie’s Centre Drop-in Service– Information & Practical Cancer Support
OneSky	Model for Children in Villages: Early Learning in Rural China
PathFinders	Community Education Programme
Project Space	Project Space for Squatter Kids– Home Improvement Project 2016 -2017
Rainbow Project	Rainbow Project Learning Centre– Therapy Subsidy for Low Income Families
Rehabaid Society	“Ready-for-Home”Rehabilitation Program for Stroke Victims
Silence	Whole Person Development Fund for Children in Hearing Imparied Family
The Bethune House Migrant Women's Refuge	Shelter for Women Migrants in Crisis
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Underwater Robot for All
The Nature Conservancy	Nature Works Hong Kong
The Outward Bound Trust of Hong Kong	Adaptive Journeys
The Women's Foundation (in partnership with Goods Co-Share)	Save & Earn @ VM– AFamily Saving Model for Poverty Alleviation
Yes We Do Foundation	Yes We Do Summer Camp 2017

“Operation Santa Claus 2016” Closing Ceremony, held in Crown Wine Cellars, was emceed by RTHK Radio 3 programme host, Alyson HAU. Event highlights are available on OSC websites (rthk.hk/osc2016 and osc.scmp.com) at a later stage.

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