Investment bankers and footballers are appeal's top donors
They are this year's top guns of Operation Santa Claus: Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and organisers of the Five-a-side Football Tournament.
Through their events, the three together added HK$3.46 million to this year's coffers, about 35 per cent of the target to make the lives of underprivileged people a little better next year.
The official month-long campaign wraps up today, but contributions and a few more fund-raising events - to meet the goal of HK$10 million - will run until the closing ceremony on January 20.
On December 5, the 11th Merrill Lynch Operation Santa Claus Golf Day at Xili Golf and Country Club in Shenzhen teed off a series of fund-raisers by the investment bank that raised HK$1 million.
Just over a week later on December 14, the 11th Five-a-side Football Tournament for the appeal topped even its most optimistic expectations, raising HK$1.06 million. Twenty teams donated time, money and effort at the day-long competition at Stanley Fort.