WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1974.
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HE POINTED OUT THAT THE INCLUSION OF THIS SUM IN THE BUILDING PROGRAMME WOULD HAVE LED TO THE ANNUAL ALLOCATION OF FUNDS EARMARKED FOR THIS PURPOSE IN THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST OF EXPENDITURE BEING EXCEEDED.
IN ORDER TO KEEP ITS COST WITHIN THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES, THE INSTITUTE'S BUILDING PLANS WERE BEING RECONSIDERED TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS POSSIBLE TO BUILD THE INSTITUTE
IN TWO PHASES,
MR. TOPLEY SAID: IF THIS PHASING CAN BE ACHIEVED AND NO SPECIAL DIFFICULTIES ARE MET IN RELATION TO THE SITE, THEN THE
INSTITUTE COULD BE READY IN 1978.+
SERGEANT'S WIDOW AWARDED $22,650
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THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY APPROVED A MOTION TO AWARD $22,650 FROM GENERAL REVENUE TO THE FAMILY OF A POLICE SERGEANT, THE LATE MR. TSE YUEN-CHEUNG WHO WAS SHOT DEAD BY A BANK ROBBER IN KOWLOON EARLY LAST YEAR.
IN MOVING THE MOTION, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON. JOHN HOBLEY, SAID SERGEANT TSE'S DEATH OCCURRED BEFORE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CRIMINAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INJURIES COMPENSATION SCHEME.
+ IT IS ACCORDINLY PROPOSED THAT AN EX-GRATIA AWARD
BE MADE TO HIS WIDOW UNDER SECTION 95 OF THE INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES ORDINANCE. THE AMOUNT OF THE AWARD HAS BEEN DETERMINED AS IF THE CASE FELL WITHIN THE SCHEME.
+THERE HAS BEEN SOME DELAY IN BRINGING THE MATTER BEFORE THIS COUNCIL ON ACCOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE BASIS ON WHICH THE AMOUNT OF THE AWARD SHOULD BE ASSESSED.+
NOTING THAT THIS HAD NOT CAUSED ANY HARDSHIP, MR. HOBLEY SAID THE SPEED WITH WHICH COMPENSATION WAS PAID WAS ONE OF THE STRONGEST FEATURES OF THE COMPENSATION SCHEME UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE HON. OSWALD CHEUNG.
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