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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1987
ELDERLY SERVICES ACCORDED PRIORITY
THE SOCIAL WELFARE
DEPARTMENT WILL ACCORD
PROVISION AND STRENGTHENING OF SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY
FIVE YEARS, DIRECTOR OF
SOCIAL
MRS WELFARE,
ELIZABETH
PRIORITY ΤΟ THE IN THE NEXT
WONG,
SAID
TODAY (FRIDAY).
MRS WONG WAS
OFFICE-BEARERS
OF
THE
AT SPEAKING
TUEN MUN
THE INAUGURAL CEREMONY DISTRICT RESPECT FOR
OF
THE
THE AGED
ASSOCIATION.
MRS WONG SAID THAT TO INCREASING ELDERLY EXPAND SERVICES FOR
COPE WITH THE
THE POPULATION, THE OLD PEOPLE
VARIOUS NEEDS OF
то CONTINUE GOVERNMENT WOULD SO AS ΤΟ ENCOURAGE THEM TO
THE
CONTINUE TO LIVE IN THEIR OWN HOMES.
"VARIOUS SERVICES
VOLUNTARY WELFARE
BY
PROVIDED ARE
THE GOVERNMENT AND THE
SUPPORT AGENCIES TO
AND ASSIST FAMILIES WHICH IN
AFTER LOOKING
THEIR ENCOUNTER PROBLEMS OR DIFFICULTIES
ELDERLY WHENEVER NECESSARY, MEMBERS. RESIDENTIAL CARE WILL ALSO BE ARRANGED MRS WONG SAID.
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PUBLIC WERE
WONG NOTED THAT ON FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE ELDERLY, MRS
MADE UP ABOUT
OF TWO-THIRDS
THE OLD PEOPLE
SOME 63,000 230,000 PEOPLE AGED ABOVE 70 ASSISTANCE CASES AND THAT OVER RECEIVING THE OLD AGE ALLOWANCE (OAA).
"THE GOVERNMENT HAS RECENTLY PROPOSED A PACKAGE OF MEASURES IMPROVE THE BENEFITS FOR THE ELDERLY TO MEET THEIR NEEDS AND THAT NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES WILL GREATLY INCREASE.
ΤΟ
THE
ALSO BE LOWERED
OAA
IT RATE, ALLOWANCE
RATE OF IN
IS
DISABILITY THEIR OWN
"APART FROM PROPOSING TO INCREASE THE
THIS AGE FOR SUGGESTED THAT THE ELIGIBILITY
IN STAGES. IN
THE FROM 70 TO 65
ADDITION, ALLOWANCE IS TO BE DOUBLED FOR PEOPLE OVER 60 WHO LIVE HOMES AND WHO REQUIRE CONSTANT CARE," SHE SAID.
MRS WONG SAID THAT OTHER HOUSING, MEDICAL, HOME CARE, RESIDENTIAL SERVICES, WHICH WOULD BE EXPANDED AND IMPROVED WHEN
SERVICES FOR THE CARE AND
ELDERLY INCLUDED OTHER AUXILIARY REQUIRED.
ITS CONTRIBUTION
IN
FOR ASSOCIATION MRS WONG COMMENDED THE SERVING THE ELDERLY SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1981.
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