A report that Hong Kong Jews will raise funds for Israel for the first time was termed inaccurate by Horace Kadoorie, leader of the Hong Kong Jewish community, in a letter received here today by the Joint Distribution Committee.
“There has hardly been a year without a collection having been made for some Jewish cause or other. Palestine also figured in these contributions,” Mr. Kadoorie reported. At the present time, he said, the Hong Kong Jewish Women’s Association is regularly sending funds to Israel for child welfare. Among others, he added, a recent appeal also asked for the donation of sports equipment and other supplies to be sent to Israel.
Pointing out that the Jewish community in the British colory is very small, Mr. Kadoorie declared that “during the years when refugees from Central Europe kept streaming in, the community housed and fed several hundreds of them over a period of two years and more.” Many transients from Shanghai and other Chinese cities and Europe have been essisted by Hong Kong community representatives in behalf of J.D.C. to depart for Israel, as well as to Australia, the United States and South America, Mr. Kadoorie stated.
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