SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1987
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A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN WELCOMED THE SUGGESTIONS AND SAID THAT ACTION HAD ALREADY BEEN TAKEN REGARDING NOTIFICATION OF THE CLOSURE OF A CASE.
APPEALS CAN BE MADE AT THE OFFICE OF THE APPEAL BOARD ON THE SEVENTH FLOOR, PACIFIC HOUSE, 20-20B QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL OR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS ON 14TH FLOOR, WORLD TRADE CENTRE, 280 GLOUCESTER ROAD, CAUSEWAY BAY OR THE DEPARTMENT'S TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS ASSISTANCE SECTION AT 15 WATSON ROAD, FIRST FLOOR, VICTORIA CENTRE, CAUSEWAY BAY: OR AT ANY OF ITS SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNITS.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS VICTIMS
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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) APPROVED $12 699 AS BURIAL AND INJURIES GRANTS FROM THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS ASSISTANCE (TAVA) FUND TO THE FAMILY AFFECTED BY A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ON MARCH 22, 1987.
A 39-YEAR-OLD ELECTRICAL TECHNICIAN WAS KILLED WHILE HIS WIFE, TWO CHILDREN AND MOTHER-IN-LAW WERE INJURED IN THE COLLISION BETWEEN A GOODS VAN AND A BUS ON CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD.
ANOTHER SUM OF OVER $17 800 FROM THE FUND WAS ALSO APPROVED FOR NINE OF THE 17 PEOPLE INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT ON TAI PO ROAD OUTSIDE THE SHA TIN RACE COURSE ON THE SAME DAY, WHICH INVOLVED A PUBLIC LIGHT BUS.
OF THE OTHER EIGHT VICTIMS, SEVEN WERE NOT QUALIFIED FOR ASSISTANCE AS THEY HAD NOT ATTAINED THE MINIMUM THREE-DAY HOSPITALISATION REQUIREMENT WHILE ONE APPLICATION IS STILL BEING PROCESSED BY TAVA STAFF.
THE TAVA SCHEME PROVIDES QUICK FINANCIAL HELP TO TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS OR THEIR DEPENDENTS, REGARDLESS OF WHO WAS AT FAULT IN CAUSING THE ACCIDENT.
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