THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1986
APPROVAL GIVEN TO 432 TAVA SCHEME APPLICANTS
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THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL HAS APPROVED EX GRATIA PAYMENTS AMOUNTING TO $83 MILLION TO BE MADE TO 432 SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS UNDER THE SUPPLEMENTARY TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS ASSISTANCE SCHEME, THE DIRECTOR OF LEGAL AID, MR PATRICK MOSS, ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE SCHEME WAS SET UP FOLLOWING A RESOLUTION PASSED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL LAST DECEMBER TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION TO PERSONS WHO SUFFERED BODILY INJURIES AND TO DEPENDENTS OF THOSE WHO DIED FROM TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTOR VEHICLES INSURED WITH FIVE INSURERS WHICH HAVE BECOME INSOLVENT.
THE FIVE INSURERS ARE THE SINGAPORE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED, THE KYOTO INSURANCE LIMITED, THE SCOTLAND INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED, THE CHINA UNDERWRITERS LIFE AND GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND THE BEDFORD INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED.
+THE GOVERNOR-APPOINTED ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE, HAVING CONSIDERED ALL OF THE 444 APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED, HAS APPROVED 432 OF THEM AND REJECTED SIX. ANOTHER SIX HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM THE SCHEME, MR MOSS SAID.
HE POINTED OUT THAT SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WOULD BE NOTIFIED OF THE RESULT OF THEIR APPLICATIONS IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. +THEREAFTER, THEY WILL BE GIVEN 14 DAYS TO CONSIDER THE AWARD. IF THEY WISH TO REJECT THE AWARD AND PURSUE THEIR LEGAL REMEDIES PERSONALLY AGAINST THE DEFENDANTS CONCERNED. THEY MUST SO NOTIFY THE LEGAL AID DEPARTMENT. OTHERWISE IT WILL
OTHERWISE IT WILL BE ASSUMED THAT THEY ACCEPT THE EX GRATIA AWARD.+
MR MOSS APPEALED TO SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS TO WAIT FOR THE RESULTS OF THEIR APPLICATIONS AND NOT TO TELEPHONE THE LEGAL AID DEPARTMENT UNLESS THEY WISHED TO NOTIFY ANY CHANGE OF ADDRESS THAT MIGHT HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THEIR APPLICATIONS WERE SUBMITTED.
MATERIALS TESTING HAS IMPORTANT ROLE
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THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO BUILD A NEW MATERIALS TESTING LABORATORY AT KOWLOON BAY REFLECTS THE IMPORTANCE IT ATTACHES TO REVIEWING AND IMPROVING TESTING STANDARDS, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
ADDRESSING THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SHUI ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE IN CASTLE PEAK. SIR DAVID SAID THE LABORATORY AT KOWLOON BAY WAS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN 1989.
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