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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1988
THE TIMETABLE FOR FORUMS IS AS FOLLOWS:
CONSTITUENCY
CANDIDATE
DATE & TIME
PLACE
WEST
MR LEE CHI-KWONG ME YIP KAM-CHIU MR SHAM TAK-ON
EAST
MR LAU TAK-KI MR LO HOK-YAN,
JAMES
FEBRUARY 24 8.30 PM
FEBRUARY 10 8.30 PM
SHARON LUTHERAN SCHOOL, 18 CHERRY STREET,
TAI KOK TSUI.
C.C.C. MONG KOK CHURCH, 56 BUTE STREET, MONG KOK.
TAI KOK TSUI
MR FUNG KWONG
MR CHAN KWOK-MING MR LAI SHIU-NIN MR CHAN CHUNG-KIT MR YIP MING-HON
FEBRUARY 26 8.30 PM
C.C.C. KEI TSUN PRIMARY SCHOOL
150 TAI KOK TSUI ROAD, TAI KOK TSUI.
MAC FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE INCREASES
THE
GOVERNMENT
HAS RECENTLY
то
APPROVED AN INCREASE IN THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND
MAXIMUM LIMIT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE VILLAGE OFFICES FROM $600 TO $700 PER QUARTER.
A SPOKESMAN OF THE SAID THE NEW RATE WAS
ANNOUNCING THE REVISION TODAY (TUESDAY), AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION
CITY EFFECTIVE FROM JANUARY 1 THIS YEAR.
INCREASES
PRICE HE SAID THE REVISION WAS DUE TO MORE ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE MAC'S AND VILLAGE OFFICES.
AS
WELL AS
"UNDER THE
CAN SCHEME, MAC'S
CLAIM REIMBURSEMENT GOVERNMENT TOWARDS THE COST OF SPECIFIC ITEMS OF EXPENDITURE IN CONNECTION WITH THE OPERATION OF THEIR OFFICES.
FROM
THE
INCURRED
"THESE INCLUDE TELEPHONE RENTAL, RATES, ELECTRICITY AND WATER
AND CHARGES, OFFICE FURNITURE
EQUIPMENT,
EXPENSES, STATIONERY
AND
MINOR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES, HE SAID.
"FOR THOSE MAC'S WITH NEWLY ESTABLISHED OFFICES, CLAIM UP TO $1,400 INSTEAD OF $1,200 IN THE QUARTER WHEN ARE SET UP, HE SAID.
ኮ
THEY CAN NOW
THE OFFICES
APART FROM THIS QUARTERLY GRANT WHICH COVERS THEIR
ALSO APPLY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE, MAC'S COULD
FUNDS FROM OFFICE ΤΟ OTHER SOURCES SUCH AS THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE ORGANISE VARIOUS COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
DISTRICT
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