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SUNDAY, MAY 15, 1994

CRIME VICTIMS GET $9 MILLION COMPENSATION

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(CLEIC)

VICTIMS OR THEIR

THE CRIMINAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INJURIES COMPENSATION BOARDS PAID OUT $8.98 MILLION IN COMPENSATION TO DEPENDANTS IN 1992/93, ACCORDING TO THE BOARDS' LATEST ANNUAL REPORT.

THE PAYMENTS WERE AWARDED TO 1,052 CRIMINAL INJURIES CASES SEVEN LAW ENFORCEMENT INJURIES CASES.

AND

THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL PAYMENT OF GRANTS TO $73.06 MILLION SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE CLEIC SCHEME IN 1973.

OF THE

YEAR,

8.8

PER

THE CHAIRMAN

BOARDS, MR ANTHONY NEOH, SAID 766 APPLICATIONS FOR CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION WERE RECEIVED IN

CENT OF THE REPRESENTING

THE

8,707

REPORTED

CASES

OF

CRIMINAL INJURIES.

AMONG

THE

APPLICATIONS, 537 WERE

TO RELATED

ASSAULT AND MURDER

WOUNDING, 157 TO ROBBERY, THEFT AND BURGLARY; 59 TO HOMICIDE, AND MANSLAUGHTER, FOUR TO SEXUAL OFFENCES, EIGHT TO INJURIES CAUSED BY FALLING OBJECTS AND ONE TO ARSON.

BY

REGARDING THE SOURCE OF APPLICATIONS, 559 OF THEM WERE REFERRED

THEMSELVES

THEIR THE POLICE.

VICTIMS 152 SUBMITTED BY THE FAMILIES, AND THE REST REFERRED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT OTHER ORGANISATIONS, MR NEOH SAID.

OR

AND

WHICH DURING THE YEAR, THE LARGEST SINGLE PAYMENT WAS $111,030,

WHO SUSTAINED WAS GIVEN

SUPERMARKET, ΤΟ A VICTIM, A PARTNER OF A INJURIES IN A WOUNDING ACCIDENT. THE SMALLEST AWARD WAS $456.

DESIGNED TO PROVIDE

THE SCHEME IS

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PEOPLE WHO ARE VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIMES OR ARE KILLED OR INJURED HELPING TO PREVENT CRIME IN HONG KONG, AND THEIR DEPENDANTS.

TO

IN

IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR THE PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION WHERE A PERSON THE IS KILLED OR INJURED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS USING WEAPONS IN EXECUTION OF THEIR DUTIES. THE SCHEME DOES NOT INVOLVE A MEANS AND IS NON-CONTRIBUTORY.

TEST

FOR

PLEASE ENQUIRIES, HOTLINE 343. 2255.

CALL THE SOCIAL

WELFARE

CIVIC EDUCATION QUIZ TO START IN SCHOOLS

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DEPARTMENT

THE

IS

COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION ORGANISING AN INTRA-SECONDARY SCHOOL CIVIC EDUCATION QUIZ ΤΟ AROUSE STUDENTS' INTEREST IN AND AWARENESS OF CIVIC EDUCATION.

OF A

TARGETED AT SECONDARY 3 AND 4 PUPILS, THE QUIZ IS PART SERIES OF CIVIC EDUCATION ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE. THE CONTEST IS SPONSORED BY THE LIONS CLUB INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 303 HONG KONG AND MACAU.

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