Sands China Donating MOP 1.65 Million to 33 Macao Elderly Centres and Rehabilitation Centres to Help Prevent Novel Coronavirus
Part of company’s MOP 5 million COVID-19 relief fund
(Macao,
February
26, 2020) –
Sands China Ltd. is
donating MOP 1.65 million to 33 elderly
centres and rehabilitation centres
identified by the Macao Social Welfare
Bureau to assist the centres to take
measures to combat the spread of the novel
coronavirus (COVID-19) and to safeguard the
health of their over 3,100 service
users.
Each of the 33
beneficiaries – government-funded and
private elderly homes and rehabilitation
centres – will receive MOP 50,000 that will
be used for cleaning and sanitising the
centres and for purchasing hygiene products
for additional preventive measures.
“As Macao works to
prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Sands
China is pleased to be able to use our
coronavirus relief fund to assist Macao’s
elderly homes and rehabilitation centres in
keeping their residents and service users
safe and healthy,” said Dr. Wilfred Wong,
president of Sands China Ltd. “We are
grateful to the Social Welfare Bureau for
their efficient coordination, assistance and
support, and we hope all in Macao will
continue working together to keep the city
safe during this trying time, under the
guidance of the government’s virus
prevention
efforts.”
Sands China’s
donation is part of the company’s pledge to
donate MOP 5 million toward Macao’s novel
coronavirus relief effort, and is part of
Sands Cares,
the global corporate citizenship program of
parent company Las Vegas Sands
Corp.
Names of 33 elderly
centres and rehabilitation
centres:
No.
Name
1
Lar de Idosos Ian Oi
Limitada
2
Asilo de Felicidade
3
Lar de Idosos Pinheiro
4
Lar de Idosos Ieng Hong -
Hellene Hin
5
Lar de Idosos de Macau (Fok
Hoi)
6
Lar de Idosos Hou Kong Yuet
Lai
7
Lar para Idosos Yee On (Yat
Lai)
8
Lar para Idosos Yee On
9
Lar para Idosos Yee On (Nga
San)
10
Asilo de S. José
11
Lar de Cuidados de Ká Hó da
Federação das Associações
dos Operários de Macau
12
Lar da Nossa Senhora da
Misericórdia
13
Lar de Idosos da Obra das
Mães
14
Lar de Cuidados Especiais da
Obra das Mães
15
Asilo de Betania
16
Asilo de São Francisco
Xavier
17
Asilo de Santa Maria
18
Asilo Vila Madalena
19
Lar de Cuidados “Alegria de
Viver” dos Serviços da
Secção de Serviço Social da
Igreja Metodista de Macau
20
Complexo de Serviços de
Apoio ao Cidadão Sénior
"Retribuição"
21
Complexo de Serviços de
Apoio ao Cidadão Sénior Pou
Tai
22
Lar de Cuidados 'Sol
Nascente' da Areia Preta
23
Lar de Nossa Senhora da
Penha
24
Residência Temporária de
Mong-Há
25
Centro de Santa Lúcia
26
Centro de Santa Margarida
27
Lar São Luís Gonzaga
28
Long Ching Centre of Fu Hong
Society of Macau
29
Associacao dos Familiares
Encarregados dos Deficientes
Mentais de Macau Casa Luz da
Estrela
30
Complexo de Serviços Hong
Lok
31
Ying Lok - The Methodist
Church Macau
32
Nursing Home – “The Bay of
the Sun” of the Social
Services Section of the
Methodist Church of Macao
33
Programa de Auxílio -
Residencial Apoio Feliz
Photo caption: Dr. Wilfred
Wong, president of Sands China Ltd., presents a ceremonial
cheque for MOP 1.65 million to representatives from some of
the 33 elderly centres and rehabilitation centres identified
by the Macao Social Welfare Bureau, to assist the centres to
take measures to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus
and safeguard the health of their over 3,100 service users.
The presentation ceremony Wednesday at The Venetian Macao
was witnessed by Hon Wai, acting director of the Social
Welfare Bureau.