TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1986
IN ADDITION, A BROADCASTING VAN OF THE DEPARTMENT WENT THROUGH KWUN TONG DISTRICT TO BROADCAST SPECIAL MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC CALLING ON THEM NOT TO PATRONISE ILLEGAL COOKED FOOD HAWKERS AND TO PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO PERSONAL HYGIENE IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT CHOLERA OUTBREAK.
IN KWUN TONG, WHERE 70 MEMBERS OF GDT WERE ASSIGNED TO CARRY OUT THE OPERATION, A TOTAL OF FIVE COOKED FOOD HAWKERS WERE ARRESTED. THEY HAD ALL BEEN CHARGED WITH CAUSING OBSTRUCTION AND ILLEGAL HAWK ING.
IN SAN PO KONG, THREE COOKED FOOD HAWKERS WERE
ARRESTED, AS MORE THAN 80 MEMBERS OF GDT WERE DEPLOYED IN THE OPERATION. THE GDT MEMBERS ALSO SEIZED THREE HANDCARTS LEFT BEHIND BY ILLEGAL COOKED FOOD HAWKERS.
FEE ASSISTANCE SCHEME SIMPLIFIED
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THE APPROVED LEVEL OF PAYMENTS FOR CHILDREN BENEFITING FROM THE FEE ASSISTANCE SCHEME WILL NOW REMAIN IN FORCE FOR ONE SCHOOL YEAR IN ORDER TO SIMPLIFY ADMINISTRATION OF THE SCHEME, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
AN ELIGIBILITY CERTIFICATE SHOWING THE APPROVED AMOUNT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT OR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS FOR SUBMISSION TO DAY NURSERIES OR KINDERGARTENS WHICH THE IR CHILDREN ARE ATTENDING, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE CERTIFICATE WILL BE VAL ID FOR ONE SCHOOL YEAR.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID: +NO ADJUSTMENT WILL BE MADE TO REFLECT INCREASES OR DECREASES IN THE RECIPIENTS' FAMILY DISPOSABLE INCOME WITHIN THE PAYMENT YEAR.+
THE FEE ASSISTANCE SCHEME FOR PRE-PRIMARY SERVICES AIMS TO HELP LOW INCOME FAMILIES PAY THE FEES CHARGED IN DAY NURSERIES OR KINDERGARTENS.
TO QUALIFY FOR FEE ASSISTANCE IN A DAY NURSERY, A CHILD MUST BE AGED AT LEAST TWO YEARS AND LESS THAN SIX YEARS. TO QUALIFY FOR FEE ASSISTANCE IN A KINDERGARTEN, THE CHILD MUST BE AT LEAST THREE YEARS OLD.
ALL APPLICANTS FOR FEE ASSISTANCE MUST BE MADE BY THE PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF THE CHILD, WHO MUST ALSO BE PREPARED TO ATTEND A BRIEF INTERVIEW PERSONALLÝ,
MEANWHILE, THE GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ALSO ADVISED PARENTS REQUIRING ASSISTANCE FOR THEIR CHILDREN ATTENDING DAY NURSERIES OR KINDERGARTENS TO APPLY NOW. ALTHOUGH APPLICATIONS CAN BE MADE ANY TIME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
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