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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1984
DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF GRANTS UNDER THE EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND ARE AVAILABLE TO COVER DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY.
UNDER THE NEW RATES, THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT FOR DEATH GRANTS INVOLVING THE LOSS OF SOLE WAGE-EARNERS HAS BEEN RAISED FROM $33 150 TO $38 500, COMPRISING $27 200 FOR ONE SURVIVING DEPENDENT FAMILY MEMBER AND $2 260 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL SURVIVING DEPENDENT FAMILY MEMBER.
FOR THE LOSS OF A WAGE-EARNER, WHERE THERE ARE OTHER WAGE- EARNERS IN THE FAMILY, THE MAXIMUM GRANT HAS BEEN INCREASED FROM $21 450 TO $24 900.
IN THE CASE OF THE LOSS OF A HUSBAND OR WIFE WHO IS NOT A WAGE-EARNER IN A FAMILY WHERE THERE ARE SURVIVING CHILDREN, THE MAXIMUM GRANT HAS ALSO GONE UP FROM $21 450 TO $24 900.
THE MAXIMUM LEVEL OF DISABILITY GRANTS HAS BEEN RAISED FROM $28 080 TO $32 640. FOR INJURY GRANTS, THE NEW PAYMENT SCALE RANGES FROM $220 UP TO A MAXIMUM OF $9 590, DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY OF THE INJURY. PREVIOUSLY, THE MAXIMUM WAS $8 460.
IN THE LAST FINANCIAL YEAR, A TOTAL OF $15.4 MILLION WAS PAID OUT FROM THE EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND, WITH $31 MILLION AWARDED FROM THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS ASSISTANCE FUND, AND $3.26 MILLION PAID FROM THE CRIMINAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INJURIES COMPENSATION SCHEME.
ALL THREE SCHEMES ARE ADMINISTERED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.
PAUL SPITS OUT THE 'LAP SAP' MESSAGE
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SPITTING IN FRONT OF A CAMERA IS NO EASY TASK, BUT 29-YEAR-OLD ACTOR, PAUL CHIU, HAD TO DO SO REPEATEDLY IN ORDER TO CONVEY A CAMPAIGN MESSAGE.
MR CHIU IS THE NEW 'LAP SAP CHUNG' WHO APPEARS IN THREE RECENT CLEAN HONG KONG PROMOTION FILMS. TWO OF THE FILMS DEPICT THE ANTI-SOCIAL HABITS OF THROWING GARBAGE INTO THE WATER AND LITTERING FROM MOTOR VEHICLES THE THIRD ONE IS ON SPITTING.
MR CHIU PORTRAYS A CHARACTER WHO LITTERS AND SPITS ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND INEVITABLY HAS TO BEAR THE CONSEQUENCES.
ASKED IF IT WAS FUN TO PLAY SUCH A ROLE, PAUL CATEGORICALLY ANSWERED A FIRM: +NO+.
+ IT MAY ALL LOOK VERY SIMPLE IN THE FILMS,+ HE SAID BUT THE ACTUAL SHOOTING WAS FAR FROM EASY.+
/+I CAN'T
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