No small change: foreign groups learn charity begins in Hong Kong

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Charity is a growth industry in Hong Kong, with the number of charities doubling since 1985 to 2,283, and individual giving up from $10 million to $93 million in the same period. Foreign-based agencies have taken note and begun to share in the fundraising and its proceeds. Accountability remains a problem, with donors seeking more transparent information, but even numbers stating what share of a charity's funds go to actual aid can be misleading. Much of the money goes to local services the govt does not provide.

SOCIAL SERVICES, Private Social Services, Social Assistance, Charitable contributions, Charitable donations, Charity

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Pump up the volume: Hong Kong becomes major blood-donor centre

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Hong Kong's local Red Cross has had enormous success over the past 20 years turning around the local resistance to giving blood. Now the colony is a regional leader in giving, regularly surpassing its own needs and sending blood to China and throughout Southeast Asia. In 1974 donors, only 71% of them Chinese, gave 46,000 units of blood in Hong Kong. In 1994, donors were 97% Chinese, and they gave 172,000 units. An aggressive and persistent marketing campaign lies behind the change.

Blood and Organ Banks, Health and allied services, not elsewhere classified, Blood Banks & Collection Centers, International Committee of the Red Cross, Blood donors, Blood donation, Blood banks

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Anything you want

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The Sunday market at Kuching in Sarawak, Malaysia has some of the most exotic merchandise available anywhere. Situated on the edge of the jungle, shoppers can find unusual items at the outdoor market that include sago worms, bootleg musical recordings and monitor lizards. Other goods found for sale at the market include giant local bananas, Chinese glutinous rice cakes and unusual vegetables like jungle ferns and dayak eggplant.

Retail trade, Asia, Farmers' markets, Sarawak, Malaysia

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