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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1980
+GRANTS ALREADY MADE WERE PAID TO 470 CASES INVOLVING DEATH, AND TO 4 714 CASES INVOLVING INJURIES WHICH HAVE CAUSED AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS' LOSS OF EARNING CAPACITY, SHE SAID.
MRS LEE SAID PAYMENTS AMOUNTED TO $3.4 MILLION FOR FATAL CASES, AND $15.8 MILLION FOR INJURY CASES, OF WHICH $3.5 MILLION WERE FOR FURTHER PAYMENTS TO THOSE WHO REQUIRED EXTENDED SICK LEAVE.
THE HIGHEST PAYMENT SO FAR IS $25 040 IN ONE FATAL CASE, WHILE OTHER PAYMENTS RANGED FROM $800 TO $21 100, SHE SAID.
AT PRESENT, 326 OTHER APPLICATIONS ARE BEING PROCESSED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND THE APPLICANTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS SOON, SHE ADDED.
THE SCHEME, WHICH IS NON-MEANS TESTED, PROVIDES QUICK CASH RELIEF FOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS OR THEIR DEPENDANTS REGARDLESS OF WHO WAS AT FAULT IN CAUSING THE ACCIDENT.
PEOPLE INVOLVED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS CAN APPLY WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE ACCIDENT AT THE TAVAS SECTION ON THE 14TH FLOOR OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTRE AT 280 GLOUCESTER ROAD, HONG KONG (TEL NOS. 5-779421 AND 5-7903650).
HONG KONG TO PARTICIPATE IN MELBOURNE FAIR
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THE HONG KONG EXHIBITION STAND AT THE 2ND AUSTRALIAN TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES EXCHANGE FAIR (TRX '80) - BEING HELD IN MELBOURNE FROM OCTOBER 14 TO 17 - WILL OFFER FACILITIES FOR POTENTIAL AUSTRALIAN INVESTORS IN HONG KONG.
THE PRIMARY AIM OF HONG KONG'S PARTICIPATION IN THE FAIR IS TO ENCOURAGE OVERSEAS INVOLVEMENT IN HONG KONG IN THE FORM OF DIRECT INVESTMENT OR THE TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY THROUGH LICENSING, SUB-CONTRACTING AND JOINT VENTURES.
THE HONG KONG STAND AT TRX '80, RUN BY THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT (TICD) IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE (HKPC), WILL HAVE THE LATEST INFORMATION ON HONG KONG'S INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES, PLUS ADVICE AND CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR POTENTIAL INVESTORS AND TECHNOLOGY VENDORS.
LEADING THE MISSION FOR THE HKPC IS ITS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DR JOHN WRIGHT, AND FOR THE TICD IS ITS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICER MR C.L. CHU. MR CHU WILL BE PRESENT TO OFFER ASSISTANCE TO THOSE INTERESTED IN INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN HONG KONG.
+WE HOPE TO COME BACK FROM THIS FAIR WITH CONTACTS AND PROPOSALS THAT WILL OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR HONG KONG TO DIVERSIFY OUR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY,+ SAID MR CHU.
/THE TICD'S