WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1990
INDIVIDUAL
CASE CIRCUMSTANCES FAMILY AND THE SUSTAINED, RANGING ONLY ONE DAY'S SICK SIR DAVID EXPLAINED.
"THE AMOUNT PAYABLE DEPENDS ON (SUCH AS WHETHER THERE ARE OTHER WAGE EARNERS IN THE NUMBER OF DEPENDANTS) AND THE GRAVITY OF INJURIES FROM A MINIMUN OF $270 FOR INJURY RESULTING IN LEAVE, TO A MAXIMUM OF $87,170 FOR DEATH,
LAW TO
PER CENT IF
THE CHIEF SECRETARY POINTED OUT THAT BOTH THE CRIMINAL AND ENFORCEMENT INJURY COMPENSATION BOARDS HAD THE DISCRETIONARY POWER INCREASE THE "NORMAL" RATE OF COMPENSATION BY UP TO 100 THE INCIDENT WAS CONSIDERED BY THE BOARDS AS A ASSISTING IN THE PREVENTION AND DETECTION OF CRIME.
THE
BOARDS'
"COURAGEOUS ACT" IN
ΤΟ EXTEND HE SAID ONE RECOMMENDATION OF THE RECENT REVIEW WAS
ΤΟ
WHO, INCLUDE VICTIMS OF THE
DISCRETION SCOPE
CLAIM, HAD MADE EXEMPLARY SUBSEQUENT TO THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO A
INCONVENIENCE EFFORTS, IN THE FACE
PERSONAL OF
EMBARRASSMENT, IN THE ARREST AND DANGER TO ASSIST THE POLICE
PROSECUTION OF
OFFENDER OR SUSPECTED OFFENDER.
"THIS EXTENSION OF THE DISCRETION WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH RATIONALE FOR EXISTING DISCRETION," HE SAID.
ON THE PART OF
THE QUESTION
CONCERNING ASSISTANCE
OR AN
THE
PROVIDED
DEPENDANTS WOULD
WHEN A CIVIL SERVANT DIED OR WAS INJURED ON DUTY, SIR DAVID SAID THAT IF A CIVIL SERVANT DIED WHILE ON DUTY THE OFFICER'S BE ELIGIBLE FOR
―
(A) A DEATH GRATUITY;
(B) EX-GRATIA PAYMENT FOR UNTAKEN LEAVE;
(C) ENTITLEMENT
UNDER EITHER THE WIDOWS' AND CHILDREN'S PENSION SCHEME IF
PENSION SCHEME OR WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' HE HAD BEEN A CONTRIBUTOR;
SURVIVED
(D) A DEPENDANT'S PENSION IF THE DECEASED OFFICER WAS
OR LUMP SUM COMPENSATION BY SPOUSE, CHILDREN OR PARENTS PAYABLE UNDER THE EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION ORDINANCE; AND
(E) FUNERAL EXPENSES OF $23,300.
AS FOR AN OFFICER WHO HAD BEEN INJURED ON DUTY, SIR DAVID HE WOULD BE GIVEN PAID SICK LEAVE AND FREE MEDICAL TREATMENT.
SAID
TO CONTRIBUTE TO "IF PERMANENTLY INJURED AND IF HIS CAPACITY HIS OWN SUPPORT BECOMES IMPAIRED AT OR AFTER RETIREMENT BECAUSE OF THE INJURY, AN ADDITIONAL PENSION IS PAYABLE ON RETIREMENT.
THE
"THE INJURED OFFICER CAN OPT FOR LUMP
ORDINANCE IN COMPENSATION EMPLOYEES
SUM COMPENSATION UNDER LIEU OF THE
ADDITIONAL
"
PENSION, HE SAID.
POINTED OUT
THAT
THE
DUTY-RELATED DEATH AND INJURED BENEFITS FOR CIVIL
DAVID SIR
IN PLACE SINCE 1949.
PROVISIONS EXISTING
SERVANTS HAD BEEN
OF
/THE LEVEL
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