Chest raises a casual HK$21m

The Community Chest Dress Casual Day 2022 has raised over HK$21 million.

The dress casual day took place on October 28 last year and saw 280,000 participants from over 900 companies, government departments and schools - raising more than HK$21 million.

All funds raised will be allocated to the chest's 168 member agencies to benefit the needy in Hong Kong.

The chest has also joined hands with the Tencent Charity Foundation, which has donated an extra HK$20 for every participant joining the event, injecting a total of HK$5.7 million into the funds.

HSBC won the Top Fund-raiser Award for the 30th consecutive year, followed by Hang Seng Bank and Cheung Kong Group as the first runner-up and second runner-up.

The Fire Services Department raised the most in the civil service sector, and St Paul's Convent School (Primary Section) won the Top Fund-raiser Award in the educational sector.

Launched in 1993, Dress Casual Day has raised over HK$520 million in total, and has accumulated over 11 million participants.