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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL · 2nd October 1969.
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MOTIONS
EX-GRATIA AWARD TO MR LAM POR UNDER SECTION 95(1) OF THE INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES
ORDINANCE
The Governor's recommendation signified by the Attorney General pursuant to Standing Order No 23(1).
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (MR ROBERTS) moved the following resolution:-
Resolved, pursuant to section 95(1) of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance that the sum of $16,000 be awarded to Mr LAM Por of No 163 Tai Kok Tsui Road, Chung Sing Building, Block 9, 14th floor, Kowloon, as compensation from the general revenue of the Colony on behalf of himself and the other dependants of Mr LAM Wing-sing who died as a result of injuries sustained in the execution of a duty to assist in resistance to crime and that the said sum be paid through the Director of Social Welfare in such amounts as the said LAM Por shall require.
He said:-Sir, section 95 of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance provides for the award of compensation to any person who is injured in the execution of a moral or legal duty to assist in the prevention of, or resistance to, crime and to the dependants of a person who dies after being so injured.
Between three and four o'clock on the morning of 28th July of this year, a woman living in a flat in Tai Kok Tsui Road in Kowloon awoke to find a man standing near the window of her bedroom. She shouted for help and the intruder left through the window and made his way to the roof, where he joined a companion, and together they made their way to the ground floor of the block of flats, where they were stopped and questioned by the watchman.
Meanwhile a Mr LAM Sing, who lived in another flat in the block, having heard the woman shout, went with another male resident to the roof to look for the intruders. Finding nobody there, he and his com- panion went to the ground floor, where they found the watchman questioning the two men.
As Mr LAM and his companion arrived, one of the suspects drew a knife, threatened them with it and ran up the staircase. Mr LAM picked up a piece of lead piping and chased him.
Shortly afterwards, Mr LAM Sing was found, by his companion, who chased the other suspect unsuccessfully, lying in the corridor of
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