XN000022-1980-11-02 — Page 3

+

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1980

2

ST JOHN'S CATHEDRAL SERVICE

PRESS REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE ALLOWED TO TAKE PICTURES AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE CATHEDRAL BEFORE THE CHURCH SERVICE BEGINS. PHOTOGRAPHING INSIDE THE CATHEDRAL WILL NOT BE ALLOWED.

CHINESE WAR MEMORIAL CEREMONY

EDITORS ARE ADVISED THAT REPORTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED INSIDE A CORDON AROUND THE CHINESE WAR MEMORIAL IN THE BOTANIC GARDENS. THEY CAN STAND ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CORDON, BUT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STAND ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES OF THE MEMORIAL ARCH.

GIS OFFICERS WILL BE PRESENT TO ASSIST MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA.

$1M PAID TO VIOLENT CRIME VICTIMS LAST YEAR ****

THE CRIMINAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INJURIES COMPENSATION BOARDS IN 1979-80 PAID OUT OVER $1 MILLION IN 422 CASES AS COMPENSATION FOR INJURIES CAUSED BY CRIMES OF VIOLENCE.

THE SUCCESS RATE OF APPLICATIONS WAS 90.5 PER CENT, SAID THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARDS, MR ROBERT W.N. WEI, IN HIS SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT RECENTLY PUBLISHED.

THE AWARDS BROUGHT TO $8.17 MILLION THE TOTAL PAYMENTS MADE SINCE THE SCHEME STARTED IN 1973 TO PROVIDE QUICK CASH ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OR THEIR DEPENDANTS.

THE BOARDS, WITH SECRETARIAT SUPPORT BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, COMPRISE COMMUNITY LEADERS AS MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, HALF OF THEM BEING BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS.

MR WEI SAID THAT IN 1979-80, THE BOARDS RECEIVED 710 APPLICATIONS FOR COMPENSATION INVOLVING INJURIES IN CRIMES OF VIOLENCE - A 30.2 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

IN ADDITION, HE SAID, ONE CLAIM WAS MADE IN RESPECT OF INJURIES CAUSED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS DURING THE COURSE OF DUTY.

THE APPLICATIONS RECEIVED COVERED 11.3 PER CENT OF THE 6 285 REPORTED CRIMES OF VIOLENCE, AND 54.4 PER CENT OF THE APPLICATIONS INVOLVED ASSAULT AND WOUNDING CASES WHILE 40 PER CENT WERE ROBBERY, THEFT AND BURGLARY CASES, HE SAID.

EXPLAINING THE LOW APPLICATION RATE, MR WEI SAID IT MIGHT BE THAT VICTIMS IN SOME OF THE CASES WERE NOT TOTALLY INNOCENT.

/HE SAID