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Thursday, December 7, 1972

AIDS FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY FIRES

The Social Welfare Department and the Resettlement Department have

moved in to help the victims of yesterday's fires in Wan Chai Road and Tai Hom Village.

So far, the Social Welfare Department has contacted the family of

one of the victims in the Wan Chai Road fire.

The family will be granted $500 cash assistance from the Community

Relief Trust Fund as soon as the burial order is issued. The grant for a

child victim is $400.

A spokesman for the S.W.D. said the department will approach the families of the remaining victims when they identify the bodies in the mortuary.

Up to now, about 2,800 people affected by the two fires have been

registered with the Social Welfare Department and the Resettlement Department

for emergency relief.

The Resettlement Department is also making arrangement for those who

have lost their homes in the Tai Hom Village fire to be resettled in Lan Tin

Estate.

WATER SUPPLY INTERRUPTION IN CENTRAL

Water supply to a number of premises in Central, Hong Kong, will be interrupted for five hours from 1 a.m. to 6 a.m. on Saturday (December 9).

The temporary stoppage is to enable the Waterworks Office to carry

out a leakage test.

The area to be affected is bounded by Queen's Road Central, Murray

Road, Seafront, Pedder Street, Des Voeux Road Central and Ice House Street.

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