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SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 1994

TAVA SCHEME AIDS TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS

TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

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VICTIMS OR

THEIR DEPENDANTS WHO NEED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ARE ADVISED TO COME FORWARD TO THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS ASSISTANCE (TAVA) SECTION OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT (SWD).

MAKING THE APPEAL, AN SWD SPOKESMAN SAID STAFF FROM THE TAVA

ACCIDENTS, TAKE SECTION WOULD, IN MAJOR TRAFFIC

THE INITIATIVE то CONTACT VICTIMS OR THEIR DEPENDANTS DIRECTLY TO HELP THEM APPLY AT AN EARLY DATE.

QUOTING A RECENT EXAMPLE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE SWD HAD TAKEN MEMBERS WERE KILLED SWIFT ACTION TO ASSIST A MAN WHOSE THREE FAMILY

ΤΙΝ IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AT TAI PO ROAD NEAR THE SHA

RACECOURSE

APRIL 12 THIS YEAR.

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AS A RESULT OF THIS, A SUM OF $38,523 WAS AWARDED TO THE VICTIM WITHIN ONE WEEK.

THE TAVA SCHEME, OPERATING SINCE 1979, IS ONE SECURITY SCHEMES ADMINISTERED BY THE SWD,

THE OF

SOCIAL

HAD SPENT SOME $79.2 A 33 PER CENT INCREASE

IN THE 1992/93 FINANCIAL YEAR, THE SWD MILLION FROM THE TAVA FUND, REPRESENTING COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING YEAR.

WERE

DURING THE SAME PERIOD, 5,517 · APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE RECEIVED, REPRESENTING A DROP OF 1.6 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH 5,604 APPLICATIONS IN 1991/92.

"THE TAVA SCHEME AIMS TO PROVIDE QUICK FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS OR THEIR DEPENDANTS, REGARDLESS OF THE MEANS OF THE FAMILY OR THE ELEMENT OF FAULT IN CAUSING THE ACCIDENT.

"TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE, AN APPLICATION MUST BE MADE WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE ACCIDENT WHICH MUST HAVE BEEN REPORTED ΤΟ THE POLICE.

"IN THE CASE OF INJURY NOT CAUSING DEATH, AN APPLICANT MUST OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE FROM A REGISTERED DOCTOR GRANTING AT LEAST THREE DAYS OF SICK LEAVE,' THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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HE ADDED THAT BENEFICIARIES UNDER THE SCHEME STILL RETAINED THE RIGHT TO MAKE CLAIMS FOR LEGAL DAMAGES OR COMPENSATION FROM OTHER SOURCES IN THE USUAL WAY.

HOWEVER, THOSE WHO RECEIVE COMPENSATION IN RESPECT OF THE ASSISTANCE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ARE REQUIRED TO REPAY THE AMOUNT OF HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE SCHEME.

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THEY

"BUT IN ANY CASE THE AMOUNT TO BE REPAID SHALL NOT EXCEED AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION AWARDED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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/APPLICATIONS UNDER