TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1976
TURNING TO THE 1972 JUNE RAINSTORM DISASTER, THE DIRECTOR NOTED THAT ABOUT $17 MILLION DONATION WAS RECEIVED IN AID OF SOME 23,000 VICTĪMS, THE DONATIONS TOGETHER WITH INTEREST DEPOSITED WITH THE EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND HAVE BEEN PAID OUT TO THE VICTIMS, HE SAID.
THE PAYMENTS INCLUDED ABOUT $6.6 MILLION ON EX-GRATIA GRANTS FOR EACH VICTIM $2.4 MILLION FOR RE-ACCOMMODATION AND_RE-EQUIPMENT GRANTS* $400,000 FOR GRANTS IN RESPECT OF DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURIES- $800,000 FOR AGRICULTURAL GRANTS- AND SOME $500,000 AS REHABILITATION GRANTS TO CERTAIN FAMILIES IN SPECIAL NEED.
APART FROM THIS, MR. LEE CONTINUED, A SPECIAL ORPHANS FUND WAS SET UP FOR 16 CHILDREN WHO LOST ONE OR BOTH OF THEIR PARENTS IN THE DISASTER, AND ABOUT $5,7 MILLION HAD BEEN PAID TO THESE CHILDREN.
+A DOMESTIC FLAT AND ́A PIECE OF LAND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WERE DOMATED BY THE PUBLIC FOR THE DISASTER VICTIMS AND WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF THE SALE OF THESE PROPERTIES. ONCE THEY ARE SOLD THE PROCEEDS TOGETHER WITH THE BALANCE NOW DEPOSITED WITH THE EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND UNDER A SEPARATE ACCOUNT WILL ALL BE SPENT AS THE FINAL PAYMENT TO THE ORPHANS,+ MR. LEE SAID.
NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS
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NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED AT THE JUNCTION OF JAVA ROAD AND TONG SHUI ROAD, NORTH POINT, ON THURSDAY (FEBRUARY 12).
STARTING FROM 10 A.N., THE WESTERN CARRIAGEWAY OF TONG SHUI ROAD TO THE NORTH OF JAVA ROAD WILL BECOME ONE-WAY NORTHBOUND WHILE THE EASTERN CARRIAGEWAY OF TONG SHUI ROAD TO THE NORTH OF JAVA ROAD WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY SOUTHBOUND.
TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE PUT UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.
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