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TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1979
$257,000 PAID OUT IN TAVA SCHEME
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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS PAID OUT MORE THAN $257,000 7,000 AS QUICK CASH RELIEF FOR PEOPLE APPLYİNG UNDER THE NO FAULT+ TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS ASSISTANCE SCHEME SINCE ITS IMPLEMENTATION ON MAY 1.
THE PAYMENTS WERE MADE TO 21 CASES INVOLVING DEATH AND 82 CASES INVOLVING INJURIES WHICH HAVE 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 (TUESDAY) THE AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS FOR THE FATAL CASES TOTALLED $109,700, AND THAT FOR THE INJURY, $148,000.
SHE SAID THE CRANTS FOR THE INJURY CASES INCLUDED SECOND PAYMENTS IN 13 CASES WHEREBY THE APPLICANTS WERE MEDICALLY CERTIFIED TO REQUIRE EXTENDED SICK LEAVE.
IN THE CASES ALREADY PROCESSED, SHE SAID, THE HIGHEST PAYMENT WAS $10,600 MADE IN EACH OF TWO FATAL CASES, WHILE OTHER PAYMENTS RANGED FROM $800 TO $10,300.
*AT PRESENT, 224 OTHER APPLICATIONS ARE BEING PROCESSED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND THE APPLICANTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS IN A FAIRLY SHORT TIME,+ SHE SAID.
THE NON-MEANS TESTED SCHEME AIMS AT PROVIDING QUICK CASH RELIEF FOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS OR THEIR DEPENDENTS REGARDLESS OF WHO WAS AT FAULT IN CAUSING THE ACCIDENT.
MRS. LEE SAID PEOPLE INVOLVED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON OR AFTER MAY 1 THIS YEAR COULD APPLY WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE ACCIDENT.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SCHEME CAN BE MADE AT THE TAVA SECTION ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE FIRE BRIGADE BUILDING, 46 CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG (TEL. NOS. 5-222392 AND 5-223254).
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