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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1989
ABOUT 5.200 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE APPLICATIONS. OR EIGHT
PERSONS, DISABLED WERE FROM OF THE TOTAL CASELOAD, ADDING THAT. AMONG THESE, OVER 2.900 WERE MENTALLY ILL.
MR LAW
PER CENT
SAID,
"THE
FINANCIAL, NEEDS
PROVIDES SPECIAL
ALLOWANCES
OVER PEOPLE
67 TO MEET DISABLED SEVERELY ASSISTANCE TO THE
OLD AGE 50 AS ΤΟ SPECIAL NEEDS ARISING FROM THEIR DISABILITIES OR
MR LAW EXPLAINED. REDUCE THE BURDEN ON THEIR FAMILIES.
SCHEME
AND
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40.5 PER
"OF THE 61.000 DISABILITY ALLOWANCE (DA) RECIPIENTS.
51.7 ARE PHYSICALLY DISABLED CENT ARE MENTALLY ILL OR HANDICAPPED, AND 7.8 ARE DEAF, HE SAID.
"IN ADDITION.
A
DISABILITY
HIGHER
HAS DA,
BEEN INTRODUCED IN DOUBLES THE RATE OF THE APRIL 1, 1988 TO ASSIST THOSE SEVERELY DISABLED NEED OF CONSTANT CARE BUT WHO ARE NOT SUBVENTED INSTITUTION," HE ADDED.
ALLOWANCE (HDA). WHICH SINCE STAGES PERSONS WHO ARE IN OR IN A GOVERNMENT RESIDING
THIS HDA,
RECEIVING
OVER 5,300 PERSONS WERE APPLICABLE TO SEVERELY DISABLED PERSONS OVER 16 AT PRESENT BE APPLICABLE TO ALL AGE GROUPS FROM APRIL 1, 1990.
WAS WHICH
BUT WOULD
ENHANCE THE INDEPENDENCE "THESE SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEMES HELP OF THE DISABLED AND REDUCE THEIR RELIANCE ON THEIR FAMILIES AND HENCE,
MR LAW SAID. THE CONCEPT OF COMMUNITY CARE CAN BE FURTHER PROMOTED,
THE COMMUNITY
OF
HE CALLED FOR UNDERSTANDING AND COMPASSION FROM TOWARDS REHABILITATION OF THE DISABLED AND STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE SUPPORTING THEIR FAMILIES.
SERVICES CENTRES AND MEDICAL FAMILIES OVER
'WHILE WORKERS FROM OUR FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICE UNITS HAVE CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO THESE
SERVICES THE REHABILITATION OF THEIR DISABLED MEMBERS, DEVELOPMENT OF
AT THE DEPARTMENT'S SUCH AS THE RESPITE SERVICE RECENTLY INTRODUCED CHEUNG HONG HOSTEL IS ALSO INDISPENSABLE,
"
HE ADDED.
IN
ASSISTING
MR LAW COMMENDED THE ASSOCIATION FOR ITS EFFORTS THE RE-INTEGRATION OF RECOVERED MENTAL PATIENTS INTO THE COMMUNITY.
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