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"The Government is mindful of the potential adverse effects of leakage from water-carrying services and the Works Branch has formed an inter-departmental committee to look into measures of reducing this risk," he said.
Copies of the report are available at the Reception Counter of the Civil Engineering Department, ground floor, Civil Engineering Building, 101 Princess Margaret Road, Ho Man Tin, Kowloon.
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Package tour accident contingency fund scheme
Outbound travellers on package tours (and/or their representatives) who were killed or injured in accidents while touring abroad will be provided with financial assistance under a package tour accident contingency fund scheme with effect from tomorrow (Friday).
The Chairman of the Travel Industry Compensation Fund (TICF) Management Board, Dr James Kung, today (Thursday) announced that the Management Board had made rules to provide for the setting up of the scheme.
The Management Board, appointed by the Governor to hold, manage and apply the Fund, has agreed that the ambit of TICF should be widened to cover the funding of the scheme.
The rules made pursuant to section 32G of the Travel Agents Ordinance are Travel Industry Compensation Fund (Amount of Ex gratia Payments and Financial Penalty) (Amendment) Rules 1996 and Travel Industry Compensation Fund (Procedure for Ex gratia Payments) (Amendment) Rules 1996.
The purpose of the contingency fund scheme is to provide financial assistance in the form of ex gratia payments to outbound travellers on package tours (and/or their representatives) who were killed or injured in accidents while touring abroad,
In order to be eligible for assistance under the scheme, travellers have to produce franked outbound fare receipts to show payment of the fund levy. Outbound travellers are therefore advised to leave their original receipts with relatives in Hong Kong and bring along photocopies of the receipts with them.