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The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:
The Legislative Council (LegCo) held a blood donation event today (July 17) in the LegCo Complex. A total of 65 blood donors, including eight LegCo Members, 26 LegCo Members' assistants, 24 LegCo Secretariat staff members and seven members of the public took part in this meaningful event.
The mobile collection team of the Hong Kong Red Cross set up a temporary station in the Dining Hall of the LegCo Complex from 11am to 6pm to facilitate the blood donation. LegCo Members who have joined the donation included Mr Tommy Cheung, Mr Wong Kwok-hing, Mr Cheung Kwok-che, Mr Paul Tse, Mr Gary Fan, Mr Charles Mok, Mr Chan Han-pan and Mr Sin Chung-kai.
The Legislature began to hold the blood donation event in 1988. To encourage more people to participate in this event, the Legislature started inviting members of the public to come to join the LegCo Members to give blood from 1993.
Ends/Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Issued at HKT 20:52
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