MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1980
$16.8 MILLION PAID OUT UNDER TRAFFIC ACCIDENT SCHEME
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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS PAID OUT MORE THAN $16.8 MILLION AS QUICK CASH RELIEF FOR PEOPLE APPLYING UNDER THE +NO FAULT+ TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS ASSISTANCE SCHEME.
ANOTHER $327 051 HAVE BEEN AUTHORISED FOR PAYMENT TO 96 CASES AND AWAIT COLLECTION AT THE DEPARTMENT.
THE PAYMENTS ALREADY MADE WERE GRANTED TO 426 CASES INVOLVING DEATH AND 4 157 CASES INVOLVING 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 THE AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS FOR THE FATAL CASES TOTALLED ALMOST $3 MILLION AND THAT FOR THE INJURY CASES, OVER $13.8 MILLION.
SHE SAID THE INJURY GRANTS INCLUDED $3 MILLION AS FURTHER PAYMENTS TO THOSE WHO WERE MEDICALLY CERTIFIED TO REQUIRE EXTENDED SICK LEAVE.
IN THE CASES ALREADY PROCESSED, SHE SAID, THE HIGHEST PAYMENT WAS $25 040 MADE FOR ONE FATAL ACCIDENT, WHILE OTHER PAYMENTS RANGED FROM $800 TO $21 100.
+AT PRESENT, 428 OTHER APPLICATIONS ARE BEING PROCESSED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND THE APPLICANTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO RECEIVE PAYMENT IN A FAIRLY SHORT TIME, SHE SAID.
THE NON-MEANS-TESTED SCHEME IMPLEMENTED IN MAY LAST YEAR IS AIMED AT PROVIDING QUICK CASH RELIEF FOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS OR THEIR DEPENDANTS REGARDLESS OF WHO WAS AT FAULT IN THE ACCIDENT.
MRS LEE SAID PEOPLE INVOLVED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT COULD APPLY WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE EVENT. FOR INJURY GRANTS, INJURIES SUSTAINED MUST HAVE CAUSED AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS' LOSS OF EARNING CAPACITY.
APPLICATIONS OR ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SCHEME CAN BE MADE AT THE TAVA SECTION ON THE 14TH FLOOR OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTRE AT 280 GLOUCESTER ROAD, HONG KONG (TEL NO 5-779421 OR 5-7903650).
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