HK$12.5m already donated surpasses last year's haul
It is official. This year's Operation Santa Claus fund-raising campaign has smashed last year's record, but there's still another four days to make a difference.
With more than HK$12.5 million already donated by the city's generous community, this year's 27 charities will be able to realise their projects helping thousands of people in Hong Kong and on the mainland.
Last year's total was HK$12.2 million. But there's still time to give. Fund-raising for Operation Santa Claus will continue until Sunday, with online donations also accepted at osc.scmp.com.
A few months ago when the decision was made to raise the fund-raising stakes by increasing the number of charities from 12 - as in the previous three years - to 27, it was seen as a challenge to the community's fund-raisers, schools, corporations and individual donors. Challenge met.
Timothy Teoh Sim-chuan, honorary executive administrator of the Lions Kidney Educational Centre and Research Foundation, said the amount raised so far was wonderful.
