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Thursday, June 22, 1972
CONTINUING RELIEF FOR RAINSTORM VICTIMS
About 6,000 victims of the thunderstorm whose homes or huts were
substantially damaged by floods are to receive immediately an ex gratia payment
of $50 each from the Community Relief Trust Fund.
Announcing this today, the Director of Social Welfare, the Fund Trustee,
said the payment would mean, in effect, that an average family of five members
would receive $250, with the cash outlay under this head totalling about $300,000.
The payment brings relief to a category of thunderstorm victims not
covered by yesterday's decision to allow ex gratia grants of $200 each from
the Fund for people whose homes had been destroyed by the disaster.
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About 800 people registered with the Social Welfare Department fall
into yesterday's category.
Urgent administrative measures have been taken, and payments can be
collected from noon tomorrow (Friday)at the following localities on both sides of the
harbour:
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Tai Hang Tung Community Centre;
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Wong Tai Sin Community Centre;
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Kwun Tong Community Centre;
Eastern District Office, Social Welfare Department, Causeway Bay.
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"These ex gratia payments, amounting to about $500,000," the Director
said, "take into account numerous contributions flowing into the Fund as a
result of public sympathy and generosity. The general wish is that the money go
immediately to relieve hardship.".
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