Company will give each family of deceased NT$1 million to assist with funeral costs

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/04/28
By:  George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Cashbox Partyworld KTV announced at a press conference on Tuesday (April 28) the company will suspend operations at all 17 of its stores for a week after a fire in Taipei on Sunday that left five dead and one in critical condition, Chinatimes reported.

In addition, Cashbox Partyworld KTV Spokeswoman Gao Xin-hua (高心華) said the company would give each family of the deceased NT$1 million (US$33,000), plus the NT$100,000 originally offered to them, to help with funeral costs, per the Chinatimes. She added the company had sent representatives to visit the victims in hospital, the report said.
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