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FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1990
CASH AID SCHEME FOR STUDENTS SIMPLIFIED
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TODAY (FRIDAY)
A SIMPLIFIED TO STUDENTS AND THE BAPTIST
HE FINANCE COMMITTEE
APPROVED METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE LEVEL OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AT THE TWO LOCAL UNIVERSITIES, THE TWO POLYTECHNICS COLLEGE.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE TOLD
THAT THE
BEEN WARMLY WELCOMED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AND THE STUDENTS' UNIONS.
HAD
METHOD SIMPLIFIED
TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
EXPRESSED THE VIEW THAT IT
THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES HAD REPRESENTED A GREAT IMPROVEMENT WHICH WOULD CONSIDERABLY HELP SIMPLIFY THE APPLICATION PROCEDURE.
"CORE THE STUDENT'S FOR ASSESSING THE
REVISED METHOD, A A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT UNDER THE
SO THAT ONLY THE "SIMPLE FAMILY APPROACH" WOULD BE ADOPTED MEMBERS" OF THE FAMILY WOULD BE COUNTED IN CALCULATING ANNUAL DISPOSAL INCOME (ADI), WHICH WAS THE BASIS LEVEL OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE STUDENT.
''CORE MEMBERS' MEANS
THE APPLICANT'S
PARENTS
WHO ARE SINGLE AND LIVING WITH THE FAMILY. IN THE CASE APPLICANT, ONLY HIS SPOUSE AND CHILDREN WOULD BE COUNTED,
AND SIBLINGS
OF A MARRIED
中華 HE SAID.
MEMBERS WHO WOULD BE THE STUDENT'S ADI INCLUDE THE APPLICANT'S
AND BROTHERS
SISTERS, GRANDPARENTS AND LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD. THEY ALSO INCLUDE THE
WHO SIBLINGS
ARE SINGLE BUT LIVING AWAY FROM THE
"UNDER THE EXISTING SYSTEM, THE FAMILY COUNTED IN CALCULATING PARENTS, SPOUSE, CHILDREN, OTHER RELATIVES APPLICANT'S HOUSEHOLD.
ΤΟ
ΤΟ
BE
"
SYSTEM IS THAT "ANOTHER CHANGE IN THE REVISED
IN ORDER AMOUNT EQUIVALENT AVOID CAUSING HARDSHIP TO CERTAIN FAMILIES, AN
SINGLE PERSONS SHOULD THE LEVEL OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PAYABLE TO DEDUCTED FOR EACH DEPENDENT GRANDPARENT LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
ASSISTANCE WAS
FINANCIAL THE SPOKESMAN SAID AN APPLICANT FOR REQUIRED TO PROVIDE DETAILED INFORMATION ON HIS FAMILY MEMBERS.
DOCUMENTS
"THE APPLICANT IS ALSO REQUIRED TO SUBMIT SUPPORTING TO VERIFY THE FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS," HE SAID.
FROM
"THERE HAVE BEEN GROWING COMPLAINTS
STUDENTS IS TOO COMPLICATED AND THAT EXISTING APPLICATION FORM
THE DIFFICULTIES IN OBTAINING
AND INFORMATION
DOCUMENTS.
THAT THE THEY HAVE
SUPPORTING
REQUIRED
"THE PROCESS HAS ALSO CAUSED INCONVENIENCE AND SOMETIMES LED TO DISPUTES."
TO
FAMILY
MEMBERS
/IT IS