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FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1975.
GOVT GRANTS $27,200 TO WIDOW OF SLAIN HAUKER
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THE WIDOW OF MR. WONG HAK-KEUNG, THE HAWKER WHO WAS STABBED TO DEATH WHILE TRYING TO STOP A ROBBER IN SHAMSHUIPO LAST TUESDAY, IS TO RECEIVE $27,200 AS COMPENSATION FROM THE GOVERNMENT UNDER THE CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION SCHEME.
THE MONEY IS BEING AWARDED BY THE SCHEME'S COMPENSATION BOARD WHICH MET THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON.
MR. OSWALD CHEUNG, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, SAID THE BOARD WAS INCREASING THE AWARD BY 100 PERCENT. IN RECOGNITION OF MR. VONG'S BRAVE ACTION IN TRYING TO STOP THE ROBBER.
THE MONEY WILL BE PAID TO MADAME LIN PIK-LAN TOMORROW (SATURDAY) MORNING BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WHICH ADMINISTERS THE SCHEME.
MR. F.S. CLARK, ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SWD, WILL MAKE THE PRESENTATION.
THE SUD HAS ASSURED MADAME LIN THAT SHOULD SHE AND HER TWO-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER REQUIRE PUBLIC HOUSING, THE DEPARTMENT WILL HELP HER OBTAIN IT. AT PRESENT, MADAME LIN AND HER DAUGHTER ARE STAYING WITH RELATIVES.
NOTE TO EDITORS
THE PRESENTATION WILL TAKE PLACE AT 10 A.M. TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT THE PAYMENT'S CONTROL SECTION OF THE SWD, 17TH FLOOR, KOWLOON CENTRAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, 405 NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.
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