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SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1935

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TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS RECEIVE CASH ASSISTANCE

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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS ASSISTANCE SCHEME (TAVA) HAS AUTHORISED AN INITIAL PAYMENT OF $660 EACH TO FOUR PEOPLE WHO WERE INJURED IN A BUS ACCIDENT NEAR SHEK LEI PUI RESERVOIR ON WEDNESDAY (APRIL 10).

THIRTY-SEVEN PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE CRASH.

ON THURSDAY, STAFF FROM THE TAVA SECTION VISITED FIVE OF THE INJURED IN THE HOSPITAL. ONE OF THEM DECLINED ASSISTANCE.

FOR THE OTHER 32 INJURED, SIX DECLINED ASSISTANCE AND FOUR DID NOT QUALIFY, SOME ARE BEING PROCESSED WHILE A FEW HAVE NOT YET BEEN CONTACTED.

LADY YOUDE OPENS EXHIBITION FOR DISABLED DRIVERS

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LADY YOUDE, WIFE OF THE GOVERNOR, TODAY (SATURDAY) OPENED AN EXHIBITION ENTITLED +CIRCULATING PICTURE - EXHIBITION OF DISABLED DRIVERS' SCHOOL+ AT NEW TOWN SQUARE IN SHA TIN.

THE EXHIBITION IS PRESENTED BY THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF HANDICAPPED YOUTH TO INTRODUCE THE DRIVERS' SCHOOL TO THE DISABLED AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO USE PRIVATE VEHICLES TO OVERCOME THE IR TRANSPORT PROBLEMS.

FOUNDED IN NOVEMBER 1979, THE DISABLED DRIVERS' SCHOOL IS AIMED AT HELPING THE DISABLED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF MOBILITY BY PROVIDING SPECIALLY-ADAPTED VEHICLES AND TRAINING COURSES FOR THEM.

SINCE 1980, A TOTAL OF 440 DISABLED PERSONS HAVE ENROLLED FOR DRIVING TESTS AND 250 OF THEM PASSED.

AFTER THE OPENING CEREMONY, LADY YOUDE WALKED AROUND THE EXHIBITION WHERE A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE TRAINING FACILITIES AVAILABLE AT THE SCHOOL AND INFORMATION ON THE PROCEDURES TO OBTAIN DRIVING LICENCES WERE ON DISPLAY.

LADY YOUDE ALSO SAW TWO SPECIALLY-ADAPTED VEHICLES WITH MODERN FACILITIES LIKE POWER-STEERING AND HAND-CONTROL BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR FOR DISABLED LEARNER DRIVERS.

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