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Counselling session for fire victims
The Social Welfare Department will run a counselling session tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon for all those affected by the Yau Ma Tei No 5 Alarm fire to overcome their stress problems.
The session will take place at the conference hall on the first floor of Henry G Leong Yau Ma Tei Community Centre, 60 Public Square Street, Kowloon, from 2 pm to 6 pm.
More than 10 departmental clinical psychologists will be deployed to provide critical incident stress debriefing to victims and family members distressed by the fire.
Members of the public who witnessed the tragedy or have any distress problems resulted from the disaster are also welcome to attend the session.
Meanwhile, the department's caseworkers will continue to contact and out- reach family members of the deceased and injured to offer help.
Affected family members who want to enquire about welfare services may contact the Medical Social Work Unit of Queen Elizabeth Hospital on telephone 2958 7078.
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Twelve per cent growth recorded in insurance industry
The insurance industry as a whole grew by 12 per cent in 1995 in terms of premium income, with long term business contributed most to the overall growth.
According to provisional statistics on the Hong Kong Insurance Market released today (Friday) by Commissioner of Insurance, Mr Alan Wong, total income of general business and long term business amounted to $43.8 billion in 1995 which represented about four per cent of the Hong Kong Gross Domestic Product.
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