FM to donate 40 million yuan to poor county in Guizhou

2018-05-24 07:53
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According to a news report by government-owned broadcaster TDM, Macau Foundation (FM) President Wu Zhiliang announced yesterday that the public foundation will donate 40 million yuan (50.6 million patacas) to Congjiang county in Guizhou province for poverty alleviation measures.

Wu also said that 30 million yuan of that amount would be used to build a primary school in the county, one of the poorest in the province, adding that the foundation would also provide 15 scholarships for poverty-stricken students, totalling 100,000 patacas every year, to study at higher education institutions in Macau. 

Wu also said that the foundation would work with the Soong Ching Ling Foundation to train 400 local kindergarten teachers and principals, and also donate eight ambulances to the county, adding that the foundation would also work with the China Foundation for Disabled Persons, to subsidise 360 hearing aid devices for residents in the county.


This TDM photo shows Macau Foundation (FM) President Wu Zhiliang speaks to reporters yesterday about the 40-million-yuan donation to Congjiang county in Guizhou. The photo was released without caption so that it is unclear where Wu made the remarks during his visit to Guizhou, which ends today.

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