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MR LEE NOTEL THAT THE CLEIC SCHEME WAS REGULARLY A .IEWED TO MEET CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES. HE SAID THE BOARDS ¡AD PROPOSED TO EXTEND THE MAXIMUM PERIOD DURING WHICH INJURY GRANTS AND INTERIM ADJUSTMENT GRANTS WERE PAID TO VICTIMS WITH RIOUS INJURIES. THE EXISTING MAXIMUM PERIOD FOR SUCH RANTS WAS THREE MONTHS AND THE BOARDS HAD SUGGESTED THAT IT SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO SIX MONTHS, HE ADDED.
THE BOARDS HAD ALSO PROPOSED THAT IN THE CASE OF THE LOSS OF A NON-WAGE EARNER IN A FAMILY, A SPECIAL OR BEREAVEMENT GRANT BE MADE TO RELIEVE THE LOSS OF +COMPANY, EXPECTATION, OR GENERAL ASSISTANCE+ OF THE VICTIM.
IN ADDITION, THE BOARDS HAD ALSO PROPOSED THAT THEY SHOUL BE GIVEN A DISCRETIONARY POWER TO INCREASE THE AWARDS TO RABE: VICTIMS AND TO INCREASE AWARDS TO VICTIMS WHO HAD DEMONSTRATED EXEMPLARY EFFORTS IN ASSISTING THE POLICE IN THE IDENTIFICATION AND ARREST OF THE CRIMINALS, IN SPITE OF PERSONAL EMBARRASSMENT, INCONVENIENCE OR FEAR.
RETURNING FROM TEXTILE TALKS
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THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR E.P. HO, WILL BE RETURNING TO HONG KONG TOMORROW (SUNDAY) FROM HAWAII ON SINGAPORE AIRLINES, FLIGHT SQ1, ETA 9.05 AM.
MR HO, WHO CHAIRS THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD, HAS BEEN ACCOMPANYING THE HONG KONG NEGOTIATION TEAM LED BY THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, DURING THE SECOND ROUND OF THE HK-U.S. TEXTILES TALKS WHICH BEGAN ON JUNE 16 IN HONOLULU,
A PHOTOGRAPHIC FACILITY HAS BEEN ARRANGED FOR THE MEDIA TO COVER MR HO'S RETURN AT KAI TAK AIRPORT. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD MEET AT THE AIRPORT PRESS ROOM AT 8.15 AM.
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