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A total of four recommendations was made in the report and these recommendations were addressed to the operator of the crashed helicopter, Heliservices (Hong Kong) Limited, who bears the responsibilities for the matters concerned. It is for the operator to decide as to whether and what actions are to be taken.
Copies of the report are for sale at the Government Publication Sales Centre on the ground floor of Queensway Government Offices, Hong Kong.
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Beat Drugs Fund invites applications
The $350 million Beat Drugs Fund is now open to application for the second batch of grants in 1996. Interested organisations and individuals are invited to submit their applications on or before November 8.
The ambit of the fund includes the furtherance of drug abuse preventive education and publicity, research, training, law enforcement and treatment and rehabilitation.
Projects to be funded should be non profit-making. They may be of a capital or short-term recurrent nature.
In examining the applications, due consideration will be given to:
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the benefit that it will bring to combat the drug problem:
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whether there is a demonstrated need for the proposed project;
the technical and project management capability of the applicant;
whether the proposed project's schedule of implementation is well- planned and the duration practical and reasonable;
whether the proposed budget is reasonable and realistic;
whether there is or likely to involve unnecessary duplication of the work currently carried out by other institutions/organisations.