SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1979
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+ IN THE LIGHT OF THE RESPONSE RECEIVED THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONSIDER WHETHER TO COMPILE A FURTHER LIST FOR CONTRACTORS OF GREATER VALUE, SAID THE PWD SPOKESMAN.
MR. KIRKBRIDE SAID THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED WERE LOOKING TO BUSINESSES OPERATING IN THIS FIELD FOR A RESPONSE TO THIS AMBITIOUS PROGRAMME.
HE SAID IN OTHER COUNTRIES FACED WITH COMPARABLE PROBLEMS PRIVATE PLANT GROWERS AND CONTRACTORS HAVE ORGANISED THEMSELVES TO FORM BUSINESS FEDERATIONS TO CREATE AN EASY FORM OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND THEIR MAJOR CUSTOMERS SO THE IR CAPABILITIES AND THE IR PROBLEMS CAN BE DISCUSSED.
+ IT WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL IF A SIMILAR DEVELOPMENT WERE TO
TAKE PLACE IN HONG KONG.+
SWD PAYS OUT OVER $4 MILLION UNDER NO FAULT TAVA SCHEME
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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS PAID OUT OVER $4.1 MILLION AS QUICK CASH RELIEF UNDER THE NO FAULT TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS ASSISTANCE SCHEME SINCE ITS IMPLEMENTATION ON MAY 1.
PEOPLE ARE NOW GETTING MORE UNDER THE SCHEME FOLLOWING THE RECENT REVISION IN PAYMENT RATES FOR THE EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND, TO WHICH THE PAYMENT RATES FOR THE SCHEME ARE PEGGED.
MRS. DIANA LEE, HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT'S TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS ASSISTANCE (TAVA) SECTION, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) PAYMENTS WERE MADE TO 159 CASES INVOLVING DEATH AND 1 233 CASES INVOLVING INJURY WHICH HAD CAUSED THE VICTIM A LOSS OF AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS* EARNING CAPACITY.
MRS, LEE SAID THE DEATH GRANTS AMOUNTED TO $947 900, AND THE INJURY GRANTS TOTALLED $3.19 MILLION.
SHE SAID THE INJURY GRANTS INCLUDED FURTHER PAYMENTS IN 363 CASES IN WHICH THE APPLICANTS WERE MEDICALLY CERTIFIED TO REQUIRE EXTENDED SICK LEAVE.
IN CASES ALREADY PROCESSED, SHE SAID, THE HIGHEST PAYMENT WAS $21 100 MADE IN ONE FATAL CASE, WHILE OTHER PAYMENTS RANGED FROM $800 TO $20 100.
+AT PRESENT, 358 OTHER APPLICATIONS ARE BEING PROCESSED AS QUICKLY AS POSSILBE AND THE APPLICANTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS IN A FAIRLY SHORT TIME,+ SHE SAID.
MRS. LEE SAID THAT AS A RESULT OF THE RECENT REVISION, THE PAYMENTS RATES FOR DEATH AND INJURY GRANTS HAD BEEN INCREASED BY ABOUT 26 PER CENT.
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