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From the employee's point of view the Long Payment Scheme has three major advantages over a central provident fund. He does not have to
to contribute to it;
elderly workers do not have to wait so
wait so long to benefit
from it; and, most important, it is based upon the
employee's final salary and is not therefore vulnerable to erosion by inflation.
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(iii) Social Welfare Services
So
Within our social welfare services, there are
several issues which call for more attention.
106.
There has been
been increasing public concern
recently about the problems associated with ageing. Quite apart from financial needs, there are the physical needs of the frail and infirm who can no longer live with
their families or on their own. The shortage of places
in care-and-attention homes run by Government and subvented welfare agencies has led to the mushrooming of
private nursing homes in the last few years. The standards of service provided in these private homes can
vary greatly.
Social Welfare Department is now assessing the extent to which they comply with the Code of practice issued last year, and will then decide whether legislation is required to bring these homes
Meanwhile, we are continuing
under
The
closer control.
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