SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1983
SCHOOL ALLOCATION RESULTS TO BE ANNOUNCED
RESULTS OF THIS YEAR'S ALLOCATION OF GOVERNMENT AND AIDED FORM FOUR PLACES UNDER THE JUNIOR SECONDARY ASSESSMENT SYSTEM WILL BE RELEASED ON TUESDAY (JULY 19), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE SYSTEM MAY GO BACK TO THEIR SCHOOLS ON THAT DAY FOR THE ALLOCATION RESULTS.
20 PER CENT RISE IN ACCIDENT PAYMENT RATES
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PAYMENT RATES FOR PERSONAL INJURIES AND DEATH UNDER THE EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND, WHICH PROVIDES GRANTS TO PEOPLE IN NEED OF RELIEF AS A RESULT OF NATURAL DISASTERS, HAVE BEEN INCREASED BY ABOUT 20 PER CENT.
THE NEW RATES APPLY ALSO TO THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS ASSISTANCE SCHEME AND THE CRIMINAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INJURIES COMPENSATION SCHEME AS THE IR SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS IS BASED ON THAT OF THE FUND.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT THE INCREASE IN PAYMENT RATES CAME INTO EFFECT ON JULY 6.
+THE REVISION REPRESENTS AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE LEVEL OF PAYMENT BASED ON INCREASES IN WAGES AS WELL AS PRICES, HE SAID.
DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF GRANTS UNDER THE EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND ARE AVAILABLE TO COVER DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY,
UNDER THE REVISED RATES, THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT FOR DEATH GRANTS INVOLVING THE LOSS OF SOLE WAGE-EARNERS HAS BEEN RAISED FROM $26 700 TO $33 150, COMPRISING $23 400 FOR ONE SURVIVING DEPENDENT FAMILY MEMBER AND $1 950 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL SURVIVING DEPENDENT FAMILY MEMBER.
FOR LOSS OF A WAGE-EARNER WHERE THERE ARE OTHER WAGE-EARNERS IN THE FAMILY, THE MAXIMUM GRANT HAS BEEN INCREASED FROM $17 400 TO $21 450.
IN THE CASE OF THE LOSS OF HUSBAND OR WIFE WHO IS NOT A WAGE-EARNER WHERE THERE ARE CHILDREN, THE MAXIMUM GRANT HAS ALSO GONE UP FROM $17 400 TO $21 450.
THE MAXIMUM LEVEL OF DISABILITY GRANTS HAS BEEN RAISED FROM $22 440 TO $28 080. FOR INJURY GRANTS, THE NEW PAYMENT RATE IS $190 UP TO A MAXIMUM OF $8 460, DEPENDING ON THE GRAVITY OF THE INJURY, PREVIOUSLY, THE MAXIMUM WAS $7 080.
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