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THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1989
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SHE SAID THAT WHILE SHE DID NOT ADVOCATE HONG KONG SHOULD BE
WELFARE WELFARE STATE, SHE BELIEVED THAT A SOUND AND EFFECTIVE SOCIAL
STABILITY IN THE SYSTEM WAS VITAL TO THE MAINTENANCE OF HONG KONG'S RUN-UP TO 1997.
GOVERNMENT
MORE
PARTICULAR
OUGHT TO ADOPT A MRS LAU THOUGHT THAT THE REALISTIC APPROACH IN THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL SERVICES, IN SOCIAL SECURITY,
LIVING. A ONLY $620 PER
SHE NOTED WITH REGRET THAT WITH THE PRESENT COST OF SINGLE PERSON ELIGIBLE FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECEIVED MONTH, WHILE A FAMILY OF THREE RECEIVED ONLY $1,385 PER MONTH.
INTRODUCED
SHE SAID THAT WHILE THE HIGHER DISABILITY ALLOWANCE
AGE FOR THE OLD-AGE AND
QUALIFYING THE LAST YEAR
IN REDUCTION
THEY WERE INADEQUATE AND UNREALISTIC IN ALLOWANCE WERE WELCOMED, DOLLAR TERMS.
NOTING THAT THESE ALLOWANCES WERE
CURRENTLY NON-MEANS-TESTED,
THE MEANS TEST SECURITY PROGRAMME
MRS LAU SAID THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD CONSIDER APPLYING MORE RIGIDLY, OR A NEEDS TEST, SO THAT THE SOCIAL WORKED MORE FAIRLY TOWARD THOSE WHO HAVE A GENUINE REQUIREMENT.
MRS LAU COMMENDED THE IN THE OTHER AREAS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, ADMINISTRATION FOR HAVING IN PLACE A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF SERVICES TO MEET THE EVER CHANGING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND FOR A SINGLE PARENT ALLOWANCE.
SHE
THE
PROVISION
INTRODUCING
OF ADEQUATE AND AND WAS PLEASED THAT THE PROVISION OF HELP TEAMS AND
THAT HOWEVER STRESSED EFFECTUAL FAMILY SERVICES WAS VERY IMPORTANT, ADDITIONAL SERVICES WERE IN THE PIPELINE INCLUDING MORE FAMILY SERVICES CENTRES, FAMILY CASEWORKER UNITS.
DAY
NURSERIES, HOME
SHE HOPED THAT THE
SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THE
WOULD GOVERNMENT NEED FOR ADDITIONAL MARRIAGE COUNSELLING SERVICE.
TO WHILE MRS LAU WAS PLEASED TO NOTE THAT THERE WAS A PROPOSAL
ΤΟ FAMILY CASES, IMPROVE THE EXISTING STAFFING RATIO OF CASEWORKER
SOCIAL WORKERS ΤΟ COPE SHE WARNED HOWEVER THERE MUST BE SUFFICIENT WITH THE JOB DEMANDS.
URGENTLY AND EMBARK TRAIN MORE QUALIFIED SOCIAL
"THE GOVERNMENT MUST ADDRESS THE PROBLEM ON EFFECTIVE PROGRAMMES TO RECRUIT AND WORKERS,' SHE SAID.
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TURNING TO THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEE PROBLEM, MRS
HAD BEEN SPENT
THE ABATED
LAU SAID THAT AND. DESPITE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTRODUCTION OF THE SCREENING POLICY, THE PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN AND IN FACT THE POSITION WAS WORSENING.
SHE SAID IF MANDATORY REPATRIATION WAS THE ONLY ADMINISTRATION SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO IMPLEMENT IT.
SOLUTION, THE
/SHE ALSO