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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1987
FAMILY GETS TAVA AID
THE FAMILY OF A 71-YEAR-OLD MAN KILLED IN A TRAFFIC ON SEPTEMBER 6 WAS TODAY (TUESDAY) GIVEN $42,330 FROM THE ACCIDENT VICTIMS ASSISTANCE {TAVA) FUND BY THE SOCIAL
DEPARTMENT.
ACCIDENT
TRAFFIC
WELFARE
$30,900 DEATH
THE SUM, COMPRISING $3,000 BURIAL GRANT, GRATUITY AND $8,430 INTERIM ADJUSTMENT GRANT, WAS GIVEN TO THE OF MR LEE CHOI, A FARMER WHO WAS KILLED WHEN TWO LIGHT GOODS COLLIDED ON FAN KAM ROAD.
THE TAVA SCHEME PROVIDES EARLY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ACCIDENT VICTIMS OR THEIR FAMILIES WITHOUT MEANS OF THE FAMILY OR WHO CAUSED THE ACCIDENT.
TAKING INTO
FAMILY VEHICLES
TRAFFIC
ACCOUNT THE
POLICE NEGOTIATOR COMMENDED
POLICE NEGOTIATOR WONG DOON-YEE HAS BEEN HONOURED FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL COURAGE, PROFESSIONAL ABILITY AND DEVOTION ΤΟ DUTY, DISPLAYED DURING THE NEGOTIATION PHASE OF A HOSTAGE INCIDENT IN WAN CHAI, WHICH RESULTED IN THE SURRENDER OF AN ARMED MAN AND THE RELEASE OF ALL HOSTAGES.
AT A SPECIAL CEREMONY AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS TODAY (TUESDAY), THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR RAYMON ANNING, PRESENTED A COMMENDATION CERTIFICATE TO MR WONG CITING HIS OUTSTANDING QUALITIES.
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THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT 3.30PM ON APRIL 27, THIS YEAR, WHEN GUNMAN, AFTER STEALING $156,300 FROM THE DAO HENG BANK IN HENNESSY ROAD, FIRED A SHOT FROM HIS .22 PISTOL AND FLED INTO THE STREET.
AFTER A SHORT CHASE BY UNIFORMED BRANCH POLICE OFFICERS. THE MAN WAS CORNERED AT THE JUNCTION OF LOCKHART ROAD AND CANAL ROAD WEST. HE THEN BOARDED A STATIONARY PUBLIC LIGHT BUS IN A BID TO ESCAPE.
THE SITUATION DEVELOPED INTO
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LOCKED-IN HOSTAGE INCIDENT,
FOUR ADULTS AND TWO BOYS
WHEN NONE OF THE SIX PERSONS ON ABOARD WOULD ADMIT TO BEING THE DRIVER.
CALLED OUT BUT, BEFORE ITS
THE POLICE NEGOTIATOR CADRE WAS ARRIVAL, THE GUNMAN HAD RELEASED FOUR OF THE HOSTAGES, LEAVING ONLY MAN AND A BOY BEHIND.
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