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MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1980
AS A CONSULTANT, DR NEWMAN WILL VISIT HONG KONG EVERY YEAR, DURING WHICH HE WILL BE BRIEFED ON CURRENT PROGRESS, HOLD DISCUSSIONS WITH MEMBERS OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS AND WITH OFFICIALS AND UNOFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR VARIOUS ANTI-NARCOTICS PROGRAMMES, AND VISIT TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION CENTRES.
DR NEWMAN WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSING THE MOST RECENT REPORTS ISSUED BY THE CRDA, AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS IN TERMS OF POSSIBLE FUTURE POLICY.
DR NEWMAN, WHO IS VISITING HONG KONG, WILL MEET LEADING PERSONALITIES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING AND ABUSE, BOTH OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL, DURING HIS STAY.
HE WILL ADDRESS DOCTORS ATTENDING THE SECOND WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION INTERNATIONAL-REGIONAL TRAINING COURSE ON THE TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION OF DRUG DEPENDENT PERSONS WHICH WILL BEGIN TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AND END ON NOVEMBER 17. HE WILL ALSO ADDRESS MEDICAL STUDENTS AT HONG KONG UNIVERSITY,
$35 000 PAID UNDER NEW RATES TO TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS
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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS PAID OUT, UNDER THE INCREASED RATES INTRODUCED THIS MONTH, DEATH AND INJURY GRANTS TOTALLING OVER $35 000 TO TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS OR THEIR DEPENDANTS.
A FURTHER $21 740 HAVE BEEN AUTHORISED FOR PAYMENT AND NOW AWAIT COLLECTION AT THE DEPARTMENT.
THIS BRINGS TO NEARLY $20 MILLION THE TOTAL PAYMENTS MADE SO FAR SINCE THE 'NO-FAULT' TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS ASSISTANCE SCHEME (TAVAS) STARTED IN MAY LAST YEAR.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY PAYMENT RATES HAD BEEN INCREASED BY 15 PER CENT FOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AFTER THE FIRST DAY OF THIS MONTH.
HE SAID 11 PAYMENTS WERE MADE UNDER THE NEW RATES, INCLUDING FOUR DEATH GRANTS TOTALLING $24 800 AND SEVEN INJURY GRANTS AMOUNTING TO $10 248.
THE FIRST PAYMENT MADE UNDER THE NEW RATES WAS $20 000 FOR THE WIFE AND DAUGHTER OF A 32-YEAR OLD LORRY DRIVER KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT ON OCTOBER 4 ON TAI PO ROAD, HE SAID.
THE AMOUNT COMPRISED $1 600 AS BURIAL GRANT, $14 950 AS DEATH GRANT AND $3 450 AS PAYMENT FOR LOSS OF EARNING, HE ADDED.
UNDER THE NEW PAYMENT RATES, THE MAXIMUM DEATH GRANT IS $23 000 FOR THE LOSS OF A SOLE WAGE-EARNER, OR $16 200 FOR THE LOSS OF HUSBAND OR WIFE WHO IS NOT A WAGE-EARNER BUT WITH CHILDREN.
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