Annex A
Requests for Financial Assistance from Pensioners
January 1986 31 December 1989
Country
Funeral
Medical
Expenses
Expenses
Family in Distress
Others Total*
Hong Kong
1
9
33
61
104
UK
2
1
3
6
USA
1
1
2
Australia
1
2
3
New Zealand
2"
2
2
India
3
10
36
49
Pakistan
6
9
1
16
China
1
1
2
Thailand
1
1
Total
1
23
55
106
185
* "Others" include requests
to solve housing problem, pension supplement etc. As regards the 36 cases from India, 20 of them were connected with the closing down of a paying agent which resulted in the non-payment of pension.