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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1974

COMPENSATION FOR DEPENDANT OF CRIME VICTIM

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MAJA... PAK KAM-DIP, A 71-YEAR-OLD RESIDENT OF CALTON WHOSE BROTHER WAS KILLED PIN HONG KONG IN HARCH LAST YEAR WHE. HE WENT TO THE ASSISTANCE OF A ROBBERY VICTIM, HAS BEEN GRANTED COMPENSATION OF $6,225 BY THE GOVERNMENT.

THE AWARD WAS APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY UNDER THE INTERPRETATION ORDINANCE WHICH ENABLES THE COUNCIL TO AWARD COMPENSATION TO DEPENDANTS OF A PERSON WHO DIES AS A RESULT OF INJURIES SUFFERED IN THE EXECUTION OF A DUTY TO ASSIST IN RESISTANCE TO CRIME. THE MONEY WILL BE PAID THROUGH THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE.

IN MOVING THE RESOLUTION, THE ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON. GARTH THORNTON SAID THAT THE AMOUNT OF $6,225 HAD BEEN COMPUTED AFTER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE EXPECTATION OF LIFE OF THE VICTIM, MR. PAK KUONIG-WOON, AND SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO REPLACE THE REMITTANCES THAT HE WOULD HAVE MADE TO HIS SISTER IN CANTON HAD HE LIVED.

MADAM PAK WAS DEPENDANT ON REMITTANCES OF $100 TO $200 PER MONTH FROM HER BROTHER.

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MR. THORNTON SAID MR. PAK, WHO WAS THE WATCHMAN OF A BUILDING IN FA YJEN STREET, KOWLOON, SHOWED GREAT COURAGE WHEN HE PURSUED AND CONFRONTED A ROBBER ON MARCH 22 LAST YEAR AFTER A 60-YEAR-OLD WOMAN RESIDENT OF THE BUILDING REPORTED TO HIN THAT SHE HAD BEEN ROBBED OF $50 AT KNIFE POINT IN THE LIFT WHILE RETURNING HOME.

TRAGICALLY, MR. PAK WAS EVENTUALLY STABBED BY THE ROBBER AND DIED FROM HIS INJURIES.

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