Hong Kong Regulations

TRAVEL INDUSTRY COMPENSATION FUND (AMOUNT OF EX GRATIA PAYMENTS AND FINANCIAL PENALTY) RULES - SECT 5C

Amount of ex gratia payment

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Any ex gratia payment under this Part shall be subject in respect of each type
of relevant expenses to the maximum amount set out in column 2 of the Table as
follows-

TABLE

Column 1 Column 2

   (a)  medical expenses reasonably incurred in the relevant country in
        respect of an accident $100000

   (b)  expenses reasonably incurred in the relevant country in relation to
        the funeral of an outbound traveller or incurred in relation to the
        delivery back to Hong Kong of the dead body of the outbound traveller
        (including ashes resulting from cremation thereof), in a case where
        the accident results in the death of the outbound traveller $ 40000

   (c)  expenses reasonably incurred by up to 2 relatives of an outbound
        traveller for paying visits to the relevant country for a purpose
        relating to or consequent upon the death of or personal injury
        sustained by the outbound traveller $20000 per relative

   (d)  if a deceased or injured outbound traveller does not have any
        relatives, expenses reasonably incurred by a former spouse of the
        traveller in visiting the relevant country for a purpose connected
        with the traveller's death or injury (L.N. 394 of 1998) $20000

   (e)  expenses reasonably incurred by not more than 2 relatives of a
        deceased outbound traveller in visiting Hong Kong for a purpose
        connected with the traveller's death, but only if there is no relative
        or former spouse of the traveller residing in Hong Kong (L.N. 394 of
        1998) $20000
per
relative

   (f)  if a deceased outbound traveller does not have any relatives, expenses
        reasonably incurred by a former spouse of the traveller in visiting
        Hong Kong for a purpose connected with the traveller's death (L.N. 394
        of 1998) $20000 (L.N. 104 of 1996)