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TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1982

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PNEUMOCONIOSIS SUFFERERS ASKED TO LODGE CLAIMS

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PEOPLE DIAGNOSED BEFORE JANUARY 1 LAST YEAR AS SUFFERING FROM PNEUMOCONIOSIS WERE REMINDED TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT THEY ARE ENTITLED TO EXGRATIA PAYMENTS FROM THE GOVERNMENT, SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENT OF THEIR LUNG DISEASE.

THOSE WHO HAVE NOT YET BEEN ASSESSED BY THE PNEUMOCON IOS IS MEDICAL ASSESSMENT BOARD SHOULD CONTACT THE WAN CHAI CHEST CLINIC IN KENNEDY ROAD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THEY CAN EITHER CALL IN PERSON OR TELEPHONE 5-726024.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT TODAY THAT THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAD ALREADY WRITTEN TO PEOPLE KNOWN TO BE SUFFERING FROM PNEUMOCONIOSIS TO COME FORWARD FOR MEDICAL ASSESSMENT, BUT SOME OF THEM HAD NOT RESPONDED.

+PERHAPS THIS IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE LETTER DUE TO A CHANGE OF ADDRESS OR SOME OTHER REASONS. THESE PEOPLE SHOULD CONTACT THE WAN CHAI CLINIC AS SOON AS THEY LEARN OF THIS REMINDER IN THE NEWSPAPERS OR ON THE RADIO, HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT SO FAR 1 359 APPLICATIONS FOR EXGRATIA PAYMENTS AMOUNTING TO $37.4 MILLION HAD BEEN APPROVED.

PEOPLE DIAGNOSED AFTER JANUARY LAST YEAR AS SUFFERING FROM THE LUNG DISEASE ARE NOT ENTITLED TO EXGRATIA PAYMENTS, BUT TO COMPENSATION FROM THE PNEUMOCONIOSIS COMPENSATION FUND BOARD UNDER

THE PNEUMOCONIOSIS COMPENSATION ORDINANCE.

LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIR SITES

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SEVENTY-FIVE OUT OF 82 STALL SITES FOR THE FORTHCOMING

SHA TIN LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIR WERE TAKEN UP AT A PUBLIC AUCTION TODAY (TUESDAY).

MOST OF THE SITES WERE TAKEN AT ABOVE THE UPSET PRICE, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR A SITE FOR THE SALE OF WET GOODS WAS $860 AND FOR DRY GOODS WAS $160. THE UPSET PRICE WAS $50.

THE AUCTION, ORGANISED BY THE SHA TIN URBAN SERVICES OFFICE, WAS HELD AT THE LEK YUEN COMMUNITY HALL IN LEK YUEN ESTATE.

THE REMAINING SEVEN SITES WILL BE OFFERED FOR HIRE TO TRADERS FROM TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS. TRADERS SHOULD CONTACT THE SHA TIN URBAN SERVICES OFFICE AT LOWER GROUND FLOOR, LEK YUEN COMMUNITY HALL, LEK YUEN ESTATE, SHA TIN.

THE SHA TIN LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIR WILL BE HELD AT THE CAR PARK

OF SHA TIN RACE COURSE FROM JANUARY 18 TO 25.

AT 9.30 AM TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY), 208 STALLS AT THE TSUEN WAN LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIR WILL BE PUT UP FOR AUCTION AT THE AUDITORIUM OF THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL.

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