Ghana-China Chamber of Commerce donates to two

Page 29 Tuesday December 30 2008
THE Ghana-Chinese Chamber of Commerce donated assorted items to the Swedru Royal Seed Orphanage Home and the Volta Home Orphanage in the Volta Region at a ceremony in Accra at the weekend.
The items, including bags of rice, toiletries, detergents, fruit drinks, cooking oil, tins of Milo, milk, biscuits, toffees, stationery, two colour television sets and other items, were to enable the children to celebrate Christmas meaningfully.
They were aimed at extending the Chinese community’s affection and best wishes to the children.
The wife of the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Mrs Tang Guizi, said as future leaders, children were the hope of our society, saying that unfortunately some of them were still suffering from hunger and maltreatment.
Mrs Guizi said the chamber was not only committed to strengthening business ties between China and Ghana but had also attached great importance to its social responsibility since 1994 when it was founded.
She said the culture of sharing the Chinese business success story with Ghanaians had been cultivated among most Chinese business men and women in Ghana.
She encouraged members of the chamber to be the people’s ambassadors who would promote friendship between the Chinese and their Ghanaians counterparts.
Mrs Guizi called for more support from the chamber for the needy in local communities in the country.
She expressed the hope that the donation would bring more happiness to the children during the Christmas festivities.
The President of the Ghana-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Mr Sue Yuehua, said Ghana and China had a good relationship dating back to the 1950s.
“Ghana is becoming more and more attractive to Chinese investors because of sustained development,” he noted, adding that various businesses had invested here.
Mr Yuehua said Chinese business men had been living and working in Ghana for many years and were very much attached to the country, which they considered their second home.
It was important for children to study hard and maintain a healthy environment, he noted, and expressed the hope that the children would become responsible members of society in future.