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"Organisations receiving grant from the Disaster Relief Fund for the same purpose will also be required to liaise with each other to ensure that there is no duplication of efforts in their relief projects," a government spokesman said.
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"The Committee is happy to hear that relief materials begin to reach the people
The Advisory Committee is chaired by the Chief Secretary. Other members are Dr Raymond Ch'ien, Mr J D McGregor, Mr Cheung Hon-chung, Mr Lau Chin-shek, the Secretary for Health and Welfare, and the Secretary for the Treasury.
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Emergency relief given to hill fire victims' families
Families of the injured and the deceased in the Pat Sin Leng Country Park hill fire tragedy have each been given $5,000 in emergency relief from the General Chinese Charities Fund by the Sha Tin and Tai Po district offices this (Monday) afternoon.
Giving out the cash relief at the Princess of Wales Hospital, Sha Tin District Officer, Miss M L Wong, said staff of her office and other concerned government departments would keep close contact with the victims' families to see if further assistance was needed.
She said a working group comprising representatives from the Hospital Authority, the Home Affairs, Social Welfare, Education departments and a representative from Fung Yiu King Memorial Secondary School has been formed to help the victims and their families.
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