XN000022-1993-08-19 — Page 12

- 11

THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1993

WAR MEMORIAL PENSIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE REAPPOINTMENTS

THE GOVERNOR HAS REAPPOINTED MR ANDREW SO

KWOK-WING CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG WAR MEMORIAL PENSIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

JO

AS

ALSO REAPPOINTED ARE SIX INCUMBENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE: MR EDWARDS, MR J V G MITCHELL, MR CHEUNG WING-IN, MR JA FORTUNE, DR CHAN PING-CHEUNG, AND DR WONG HONG-HIN.

THE REAPPOINTMENTS ARE FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR WITH EFFECT FROM SEPTEMBER 1.

THE

THE COMMITTEE ADVISES THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE ON ADMINISTRATION OF THE HONG KONG WAR MEMORIAL PENSIONS ORDINANCE AND ON ALL APPLICATIONS FOR THE STATUS OF AN ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARY UNDER THE ORDINANCE.

OF A

OR

A

SUCCESSFUL MONTHLY

DEPENDING ON THE PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES APPLICANT, A MONTHLY SINGLE ADULT PENSION OF $3,719 MARRIED COUPLE PENSION OF $6,249 WILL BE AWARDED.

GIVEN

ΤΟ

A SPECIAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE OF $900 WILL ALSO BE ELIGIBLE WAR VETERANS WHO ARE OVER 60 YEARS OF AGE AND NOT IN BUSINESS OR EMPLOYMENT.

AS AT JULY 12, THERE WERE 712 BENEFICIARIES, OF WHICH 220 ARE LOCALS AND 492 ARE FROM OVERSEAS.

THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR A PENSION IS SET OUT IN SECTION 7(2) OF THE HONG KONG WAR MEMORIAL PENSIONS ORDINANCE. THE MAIN CONDITIONS ARE:

THE APPLICANT WAS A BENEFICIARY OF THE HONG KONG WAR MEMORIAL FUND OR THE FAR EASTERN RELIEF FUND;

THE APPLICANT WAS A MEMBER OF A UNIT INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE TO THE ORDINANCE BETWEEN DECEMBER 7 1941 AND DECEMBER 1941 AND SUSTAINED AN INJURY;

I

THE

25,

THE APPLICANT WAS A MEMBER OF A UNIT INCLUDED IN THE SCHEDULE TO THE ORDINANCE BETWEEN DECEMBER 7, 1941 AND DECEMBER 25, 1941 AND WAS CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE AND HELD IN CAPTIVITY;

THE APPLICANT IS THE WIDOW OR WIDOWER OF A PERSON KILLED IN ACTION OR EXECUTED BY THE JAPANESE AUTHORITY;

THE JAPANESE

THE APPLICANT WAS TORTURED BY DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF HONG KONG; AND

AUTHORITY

/*

THE APPLICANT