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Wednesday, October 31, 1973
On social welfare, Mr. Lobo urged the government to clear up
certain doubts among some agencies which still lacked "a clear guidance on
the role they should play and the amount of subsidy to be made available
to them."
While Hong Kong had pioneered the first non-contributory allowance
in the world for the infirm and the disabled, "the allowance requires urgent
revision, in the light of rapidly mounting living costs," he said. "Levels
of public assistance also need to be raised once again."
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