The Police Welfare Fund received over 100 million yuan in donations for two consecutive years after the anti-revision movement, but the donations received in the previous year plummeted by 85% to less than 19 million yuan.
"Hong Kong 01" checked the donation records according to the code of access to information, and found that there were less than 100 donations in the latest year, and more than 76% were anonymous, including the highest one of 11 million yuan.
Among them, The American Club Hong Kong (The American Club Hong Kong) resumed donations last year and then suspended donations again one year later, and several fellow associations also disappeared from the donation records.
After the anti-revision movement, the Police Welfare Fund has received more than 100 million yuan in donations for two consecutive years. (File photo/Photo by Luo Guohui)
Access to Information Code Application for Inspection No Copying, Recording or Recording
"Hong Kong 01" applied to check the donation records of the Police Welfare Fund through the Code of Access to Information in January this year. Nearly a month later, it was arranged to check at the Wanchai Police Headquarters. The checking time is one hour. During the period, no transcription, video recording, audio recording, etc. are allowed. .
In 2021, when the reporter checked the donation records, they were guarded by three police officers. During this period, the phone must be handed over to the police officers for safekeeping and placed in an aluminum film insulation bag.
However, this year, the police only asked the reporter to put away the phone, and did not ask the phone to be kept by the police. The number of guards was reduced to two.
In the past, tens of millions of yuan was donated to the Police Welfare Fund every year. By 2019/20, after the anti-extradition law demonstrations, donations soared to over 100 million yuan.
In 2020/21, the Police Welfare Fund received a total of 233 donations totaling more than $130 million, the largest of which was an anonymous donation of $50 million.
In addition, the foundation also received two donations of 15 million yuan and four donations of 5 million yuan during the year.
Among the seven huge donations, only one donation of 5 million yuan was signed, which was the Hong Kong Tung Foundation (The Tung Foundation) founded by the father of former Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa and the late "Ship King" Dong Haoyun.
The Hong Kong Tung Charity Foundation of the Tung Chee-hwa family donated 5 million yuan to the Police Welfare Fund in 2020-21.
(File photo/photo by Lu Yiming)
However, in 2021/22, the donations received by the Police Welfare Fund plummeted by 85% to about 18.68 million.
The foundation received a total of 86 donations in that year, the highest of which was an anonymous donation of 11 million yuan, accounting for nearly 60% of the annual donation income.
In that year, there was also a donation of 3 million yuan and four donations of 500,000 yuan, which were relatively large donations throughout the year, and the above donations were all made anonymously.
"Elevator King" Hu Faguang's family's Lingdian Development Charity Fund Trustees Corporation will continue to donate a total of 100,000 yuan to the Police Welfare Fund in 2021/22.
The picture shows Hu Xiaoming, chairman of Ryoden Development and representative of the Hong Kong People's Congress.
(File photo/photo by Liang Pengwei)
Anonymous donations accounted for 76% with only 20 signatures
Among the donations received by the foundation in that year, there were only 20 signed donations, that is, more than 76% were still anonymous donations.
The Hong Kong Association of Professionals and Senior Executives, Lingdian Development Charity Fund, Hengdu Electric Wire (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd., Feida Hat Industry Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hong Kong Women's Federation Representative Association and other organizations have made donations to the fund, with an amount ranging from 2 It ranges from 10,000 yuan to 200,000 yuan.
"Hong Kong 01" reported that The American Club Hong Kong suspended donations to the Police Welfare Fund in 2019/20.
Although the American Council resumed donating 100,000 yuan to the fund in 2020/21, there is no donation in the name of the Council in the 2021/22 record.
According to the 2021/22 Police Welfare Fund donation records, the American Congress has not made any donations in the name of the Association.
(The American Club Hong Kong official website)
Among the donation records in 2019/20, the Friendship Association, which is composed of representatives of the Hong Kong People's Congress and members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the Zhongchu Charity Fund established by the Hong Kong Chinese Importers and Exporters Association, and many fellow countrymen's associations, all donated to the Police Welfare Fund. The donations consisted of 100 It ranges from 10 million yuan to 10 million yuan.
However, in the last two fiscal years, there has been no record of donations from the relevant organizations.
In addition, the Hong Kong Tung Charity Foundation, which has donated 5 million yuan to the Police Welfare Fund in 2020/21, has no donation record in the last fiscal year.
Police Welfare Fund｜Since the anti-revision law, the first profit and loss has been turned into a loss, and donations have fallen by $100 million year-on-year. The police welfare fund has donated 26 times last year.