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FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1990
IT IS HOPED THAT THE NEW APPROACH WOULD ENSURE THAT NO NEEDY STUDENT WOULD BE DETERRED FROM APPLYING FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BECAUSE OF COMPLICATED APPLICATION PROCEDURE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE LOCAL STUDENT FINANCE SCHEME PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
TO NEKDY STUDENTS IN THE FORM OF BOTH GRANTS AND LOANS.
IT AIMS AT ENSURING THAT NO ELIGIBLE STUDENT WHO HAS BEEN OFFERED A PLACE IN ONE OF THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS CONCERNED SHOULD BE UNABLE TO ACCEPT IT BECAUSE OF LACK OF MEANS.
BOARDS PAY OUT $5.7M IN INJURIES COMPENSATION
(CLEIC)
THE CRIMINAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INJURIES COMPENSATION
IN COMPENSATION TO VICTIMS OR THEIR BOARDS PAID OUT $5.7 MILLION
COMPARED
ABOUT WITH
$4. 9 1988-89,
IN THE DE EDANTS IN
MILLION PRECEDING YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE BOARDS' LATEST ANNUAL REPORT.
THESE PAYMENTS WERE AWARDED TO 1, AND ONE LAW ENFORCEMENT INJURIES CASE.
190 CRIMINAL INJURIES CASES
THEY ALSO BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF GRANTS AWARDED SINCE INCEPTION OF THE CLEIC SCHEME IN 1973 TO $43.47 MILLION.
THE
NOTED THAT IN IN THE YEAR 841 REPORTED CASES
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARDS, MR ROBERT C. TANG, TOTAL 1,138 APPLICATIONS FOR COMPENSATION WERE RECEIVED UNDER REVIEW, REPRESENTING 14.5 PER CENT OF THE 7, OF CRIMINAL INJURIES DURING THE PERIOD.
CENT
THEFT AND OF THE
VICTIMS OF ASSAULT AND WOUNDING AS WELL AS ROBBERY,
PER ABOUT 93 MADE
THE MAJORITY UP
BURGLARY APPLICATIONS.
P
THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN APPLICATIONS
CASES OF ARSON
PREVIOUS YEAR.
WITH
12
APPLICATIONS,
COMPARED
WITH FIVE
ARISING FROM THE
IN
RELATED APPLICATIONS
TO
CASES OF
MURDER HOMICIDE,
AND
MANSLAUGHTER INCREASED FROM 34 TO 38. APPLICATIONS RELATED TO ROBBERY, CENT, TOTALLING 188 AS THEFT AND BURGLARY DROPPED BY ABOUT 26.5 PER AGAINST 256.
OF THE APPLICATIONS
RECEIVED DURING
THE
THE YEAR,
777 WERE VICTIMS THEMSELVES OR
REFERRED BY THE POLICE, 350 SUBMITTED BY THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE REST REFERRED BY OTHER ORGANISATIONS.
/DURING THE