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SUNDAY, MAY 27, 1979
SWD PAYS OUT $81,000 UNDER +NO FAULT+ TAVA SCHEME
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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS PAID OUT MORE THAN $81,000 AS QUICK CASH RELIEF UNDER THE +NO FAULT+ TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS ASSISTANCE SCHEME WHICH STARTED ON MAY 1.
SEVEN CASES INVOLVED DEATHS AND 30 INVOLVED INJURIES WHICH CAUSED AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS' LOSS OF EARNING CAPACITY.
MRS. DIANA LEE, HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT'S TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS ASSISTANCE (TAVA) SECTION, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) PAYMENTS FOR THE SEVEN FATAL CASES AMOUNTED TO $35,000.
SHE SAID THE GRANTS OF JUST OVER $46,000 FOR THE INJURY CASES INCLUDED SECOND PAYMENTS IN THREE CASES BECAUSE THE APPLICANTS WERE MEDICALLY CERTIFIED TO REQUIRE EXTENDED SICK LEAVE.
THE HIGHEST PAYMENT MADE SO FAR UNDER THE SCHEME WAS $10,600 GIVEN TO THE FAMILY OF A 20-YEAR-OLD CASUAL WORKER WHO WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT, SHE SAID.
+OTHER PAYMENTS RANGED FROM $800 TO $10,300 IN CASES ALREADY PROCESSED, + SHE ADDED.
AT PRESENT, MRS. LEE SAID 101 OTHER APPLICATIONS WERE BEING PROCESSED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND THE APPLICANTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS WITHIN FAIRLY SHORT TIME.
+IN ONE CASE, THE APPLICATION WAS RECEIVED AND THE PAYMENT AUTHORISED ON THE SAME DAY, IN ANOTHER CASE IN WHICH A 63-YEAR-OLD WOMAN APPLIED FOR ASSISTANCE, PAYMENT WAS AUTHORISED THE NEXT MORNING, SHE SAID.
ADMINISTERED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT. THE NON-MEANS TESTED SCHEME AIMS AT PROVIDING QUICK CASH RELIEF FOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS OR THE IR DEPENDANTS REGARDLESS OF WHO WAS AT FAULT.
MRS. LEE SAID PEOPLE INVOLVED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON OR AFTER MAY 1 COULD APPLY WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE MISHAP.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SCHEME CAN BE MADE AT THE TAVA SECTION ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE FIRE BRIGADE BUILDING AT 46 CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG (TEL. NOS. 5-222392 AND 5-223254).
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