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MONDAY, MAY 17, 1993
THE SURVEY FOR JANUARY MARCH 1993 COVERED A QUARTERLY SAMPLE OF SOME 12,100 HOUSEHOLDS OR 41,800 PERSONS, SELECTED SCIENTIFICALLY TO REPRESENT THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION HONG KONG.
IN
RELEVANT DATA WAS OBTAINED IN THE SURVEY BY INTERVIEWING EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER AGED 15 AND ABOVE IN THE HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLED.
IN THE SURVEY, THE DEFINITIONS USED IN MEASURING UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT FOLLOW CLOSELY THOSK RECOMMENDED BY THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION.
DETAILED ANALYSIS OF LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS GIVEN IN THE REPORT ON THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WHICH IS PUBLISHED FOUR 1993 TIMES A YEAR. THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE BY THE OF NEXT MONTH.
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AIDS COUNCIL APPROVES 36 CLAIMS FOR EX-GRATIA PAYMENT'S
THE COUNCIL FOR THE AIDS TRUST FUND TODAY (MONDAY) APPROVED APPLICATIONS FOR EX-GRATIA PAYMENTS TO PATIENTS INFECTED BY THROUGH TRANSFUSION OF BLOOD AND BLOOD PRODUCTS IN HONG KONG PRIOR AUGUST 1985.
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HIV
TO
THE AMOUNT OF PAYMENT TOTALS OVER $20 MILLION.
"EACH CASE HAS BEEN CAREFULLY EXAMINED AND VALIDATED BY THE COUNCIL AND IT'S SUB-COMMITTEE, SAID COUNCIL, CHAIRMAN, PROFESSOR DAVID TODD.
OF THE 36 APPLICATIONS, TWO WERE FROM MARRIED PERSONS WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN, ONE FROM A PATIENT WHO IS MARRIED BUT WITHOUT DEPENDENT CHILDREN AND 27 WERE FROM SINGLE PERSONS, OF WHOM EIGHT ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 18.
THE REMAINING
ALREADY DIED.
THE COUNCIL
SIX WERE FROM FAMILIES OF PATIENTS WHO HAVE
FOLLOWING THE
WAS ESTABLISHED IMMEDIATELY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL'S APPROVAL OF FUNDS ON APRIL 16 THIS YEAR.
THE LEVELS OF PAYMENT TO BE MADE TO ELIGIBLE CLAIMANTS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL ARE AS FOLLOWS:
(A) FOR THE DIRECTLY INFECTED:
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MARBLED WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN
$1,000,000
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MARRIED WITHOUT DEPENDENT CHILDREN $
750,000
SINGLE
600,000
/(B) FOR AN
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