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but it is important to choose an appropriate Chinese title and further thought is being given to this.
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proposed that this scheme should be extended to those in
residential institutional accommodation, to those aged between
70 and 75 and to those incapable of work through sickness,
injury or disability; and that the "residence in Hong Kong"
test should be simplified. Of these proposals, the first two,
Considered relating to the elderly, have already been approved by Council
(XOR ). The annual cost of the first proposal is
estimated at $4.35M plus administrative on-cost of 2.5%, $4.5M
in all. The annual cost of the second proposal is about
$46.5M plus administrative on-cost of 2.5%, making $48M in all.
25.
There has been some public misunderstanding of the
relationship between the disability allowance and the infirmity
allowance, and it has been argued that both should be payable
to a severely disabled person over the age of 75. In fact, the
disability allowance was introduced by Government as a more
generous allowance for those who are least able to look after
themselves. To pay both allowances to the same person would
therefore be a duplication. The misunderstanding might be
worse with the extension of the scheme to those incapable of
working. To meet this difficulty, it is proposed to rename
the scheme
svoiał
Diet
security ocreme (in Chinese
to
A person would be entitled to an allowance under this schere
at a higher rate (for the severely disabled) or the basic
rate (for the elderly and those incapable of working). The
expression 'infirmity allowance' would in any event be replaced
by 'old age allowance' as a convenient way of referring to the
allowance payable to those aged over 70.
Residence in Hong Kong
26.
It is
proposed to simplify the application
of the silence in Hong Kong" test, whilst retaining the
present test of one year's residence for disability allowance