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FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1993
STAFF OF THE PNEUMOCONIOSIS COMPENSATION OFFICE HAS ALREADY HELPED ABOUT 100 PNEUMOCONIOTICS IN MAKING APPLICATIONS, MR LAI SAID.
ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS ARE ADVISED TO CALL ON TEL 852 3091 FOR AN APPOINTMENT FOR APPLICATION IN ORDER TO SAVE TIME.
MR LAI ALSO POINTED OUT THAT UNDER THE EX-GRATIA PAYMENT DISEASE, SCHEME, IF A PRE-1981 PNEUMOCONIOTIC DIES AS A RESULT OF THE
A SUM NOT EXCEEDING $10,000 WILL BE PAYABLE FOR HIS FUNERAL EXPENSES.
HE SAID BOTH THE AMOUNT OF EX-GRATIA PAYMENTS AND THE FUNERAL EXPENSES WILL BE INFLATION-ADJUSTED ANNUALLY.
INVITED FURTHER
ON THE OTHER HAND, MR LAI SAID APPLICATIONS ARE BEING FOR SUFFERERS OF PNEUMOCONIOSIS DIAGNOSED AFTER 1981 TO CLAIM COMPENSATION UNDER THE PNEUMOCONIOSIS (COMPENSATION) (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1993, FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INCAPACITY HE MAY HAVE SUFFERED.
APPLICATIONS CAN BE MADE TO THE
PNEUMOCONIOSIS COMPENSATION
FUND BOARD.
ELIGIBLE PNEUMOCONIOTICS
CAN MAKE PRIOR APPOINTMENT ON TEL
541 0032.
REPAIR WORKS FOR YUEN LONG SEWERS
THE DRAINAGE SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR WORKS TO IMPROVE THE SEWERAGE SYSTEM IN YUEN LONG.
A ONE-KILOMETRE-LONG SEWER WILL BE RECONSTRUCTED AND SIX-KILOMETRE-LONG SEWER WILL BE REPAIRED.
THE PROJECT IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN
IN 18 MONTHS,
NOVEMBER FOR COMPLETION
BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE YUEN LONG AND KAM TIN SEWERAGE MASTER PLAN STUDY, THE WORKS AIM AT IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE EXISTING SEWERAGE SYSTEM IN COLLECTING AND CONVEYING FOUL WATER FROM YUEN LONG TOWN, INCLUDING YURN LONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AND TUNG TAU INDUSTRIAL AREA, TO THE YUEN LONG SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT.
THE
TENDER FORMS AND FURTHER PARTICULARS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM NEW WORKS DIVISION, DRAINAGE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, 44TH FLOOR, REVENUR TOWER, 5 GLOUCESTER ROAD, WAN CHAI.
THE CLOSING DATE FOR TENDERS IS NOON ON AUGUST 20.
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