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SOCIAL SERVICES :
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introduced at the beginning of 1971. Previously abistan C
had been given in the form of dry rations only. The
number receiving assistance under the new scheme rose
in January 1991 from 7,000 to over 13,000 At the beginning of 1972.
2.This year's Budge announced Farther improvements
to the new Scheme, naw
?% (a) 60% rise in the scales of assistance
(b) higher allowances for rent,
(c) more generous help for those on special diet.
This means that from April 1, the monthi se 16 of
assistance has been raised from $70 to $110 for a single
person, and for members of a family, from
rom $50 to
for each of the first 3 members.
13.
However, in subsequent debate even these measures
ere described by Unofficial members as 'meagre' and inadequate'. Others stressed the 'need for widened scope speedy implementation' and that 'aged people in need should be granted better Public Assistance than the
others - not merely on a subsistence level'.
Replying, the Colonial Secretarygave as an
example the fact that one old person who in December
970 received $33 per month, would from April I receive $110, plus $25 for rent (plus any special needs). He
announced that a working party to consider the future heeds of the elderly was already at work. This Working
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