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FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1989

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"AFTER CHECKING AND ASSESSMENT, APPLICANTS FOUND JUSTIFIED WILL BE NOTIFIED FOR THE COLLECTION IN DUE COURSE. AND THOSE UNSUCCESSFUL WILL ALSO ADDED.

WHOSE CASES ARE OF THEIR GRANTS BE INFORMED," HE

TYPHOON BRENDA CAUSED FLOODING OF SOME 130 HECTARES OF FISH

PONDS WITH LOSSES ESTIMATED AT $2.8 MILLION,

THE TYPHOON ALSO CAUSED FLOODING TO 250 HECTARES OF FARMLAND IN YUEN LONG AND EASTERN NEW TERRITORIES. LIVESTOCK LOSSES INCLUDED SOME 66,000 CHICKENS, 6,000 DUCKS, 1,300 FAIRS OF PIGEONS, AND 1,000 PIGS.

CROP AND LIVESTOCK LOSSES WERE ESTIMATED AT 36 MILLION.

DEADLINE FOR LRT ACCIDENT VICTIMS TO APPLY FOR TAVA

VICTIMS OF ACCIDENTS INVOLVING LIGHT RAIL VEHICLES SINCE MARCH 1 LAST YEAR WHO WISH TO APPLY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS ASSISTANCE (TAVA) SCHEME ARE REMINDED THAT THEIR APPLICATIONS SHOULD REACH THE TAVA SECTION OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT BY SEPTEMBER 1 THIS YEAR.

THE SENIOR SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICER, TAVA, MISS HELEN LEE, NOTED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT AT A RECENT MEETING THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HAD PASSED AN AMENDMENT CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENT GOVERNING THE OPERATION, AND ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR ASSISTANCE, OF THE TAVA SCHEME.

ARISING FROM

UNDER THE AMENDMENT, PEOPLE CLAIMING ASSISTANCE ACCIDENTS ON THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SINCE MARCH 1 LAST YEAR ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE RULE THAT APPLICATIONS MUST BE MADE WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE ACCIDENT.

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"THIS AMENDMENT WILL EXPIRE ON SEPTEMBER 1 1989, WHICH WILL GIVE THE INJURED PERSONS CONCERNED OR THEIR DEPENDANTS MORE THAN THREE MONTHS WITHIN WHICH TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION.

"THE RELAXATION OF THIS RULE WILL ONLY APPLY ΤΟ ACCIDENTS INVOLVING A LRT VEHICLE AND NOT TO ACCIDENTS INVOLVING ANY OTHER CLASS OF VEHICLE, MISS LEE SAID.

APPLICATIONS CAN BE MADE EITHER IN PERSON OR THROUGH THE POST.

APPLICATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION SECTIONS OF THE POLICE DISTRICT TRAFFIC FORMATIONS, DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, OR AT THE TAVA SECTION, SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, AT 15 WATSON ROAD, VICTORIA CENTRE, FIRST FLOOR. CAUSEWAY BAY.

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