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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1987
OUR SENIOR CITIZENS WHO HAVE "RATHER, IT IS HUMILIATING TO
HE NOTED. DONE THEIR PART IN BUILDING UP OUR ECONOMY AND COMMUNITY,
DR HO POINTED OUT THAT SUCH. NEGATIVE IMPLICATIONS.
A REQUIREMENT
HAD A NUMBER
OF
"IF THE DECLARATION IS ONLY A MATTER OF ROUTINE WITHOUT CAREFUL VERIFICATION BY THE ADMINISTRATION, IT WOULD INVITE PEOPLE TO DECEIVE BUT IF THE CHECKING IS AND WOULD CONDONE DISHONEST BEHAVIOUR.
ENORMOUS, HE SAID. THOROUGH, THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS WILL BE
ΤΟ HESITATE DEPRIVE
FOR APPLY
OF THEMSELVES INCOME AND ASSET
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FURTHERMORE, THE NEEDY ELDERLY WOULD THE SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND WOULD RATHER THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD A DECENT LIVING. THUS, THE DECLARATION WILL DEFEAT THE PURPOSE OF THE OLD AGE ALLOWANCE SCHEME.
ALLOWANCE AND THE IMPROVED MEASURES, WERE
DR HO SAID, THE EXPANDED OLD AGE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TOGETHER WITH OTHER LABOUR WELFARE INTRODUCED AS A PACKAGE TO ENHANCE THE INCOME SECURITY OF THE AND THE ELDERLY IN THE ABSENCE OF A CENTRAL PROVIDENT FUND.
THE
THE STIGMA ATTACHED TO THE INCOME DECLARATION WOULD THE NEEDY SENIOR CITIZENS TO COME FORWARD TO APPLY FOR AND HENCE THEIR INCOME SECURITY NEEDS WOULD NOT BE HE ADDED.
RETIRED
DISCOURAGE
BENEFITS,
MET AS INTENDED,
THE GOVERNMENT IN ADDITION, DR HO SAID, IT WAS IMPERATIVE FOR
THE MUCH-NEEDED PERSONALISED TO URGENTLY REASSESS THE PRIORITIES OF WELFARE SERVICES AND TO UPGRADE THEIR PROVISION.
REQUIRED A WIDE
SPECTRUM
OF
NEEDY FAMILIES, HE ADDED OFTEN PERSONAL AND WELFARE SERVICES TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.
"IMPROVED CASH BENEFITS
ARISING
FROM
SATISFIED
SOCIAL THE IMPROVED
THOSE PEOPLE BY PURCHASE OF THE
SECURITY MEASURES ARE MORE LIKELY TO IMPROVE THE LOT OF
READILY WHOSE PERSONAL NEEDS CAN BE REQUIRED SERVICES IN THE OPEN MARKET," HE SAID.
IN "BUT WHEN THE MORE PERSONALISED OR SPECIALISED SERVICES ARE
PAYMENTS MERELY SHORT SUPPLY OR BARELY AVAILABLE, THE INCREASED CASH SERVE TO PUSH UP THE PRICE OF THESE SERVICES,
FOR
HE NOTED.
A REVIEW
OF
THE CURRENT
SUBVENTION
MUTUAL
BETWEEN THE PARTNERSHIP CONGENIAL
WELFARE
BE WHICH MUST SECTOR,
APPRECIATION,
TRUST
DR HO ALSO CALLED POLICY IN THE INTEREST OF A MORE GOVERNMENT AND THE SUBVENTED SOCIAL FOUNDED ON AND NURTURED IN THE SPIRIT OF AND EQUALITY.
THE
HE SAID UNDER THE CURRENT POLICY, FRINGE BENEFITS GIVEN TO
ONLY RECEIVED STAFF OF SUBVENTED ORGANISATIONS WERE LIMITED AND THEY
A PART OF THOSE AWARDED TO THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE,
/HE SAID