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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1991
GROUP
EXPENDITURE
"IT IS ESTIMATED THAT MORE THAN 38,000 PEOPLE IN THE AGE WILL BE BENEFITTED FROM THE EXTENSION AND THAT THE ANNUAL WILL BE ABOUT $158 MILLION, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
FI
OF
FIELD OFFICES STAFF
THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WILL ACCEPT PROVISIONAL APPLICATIONS FROM
STARTING FROM INDIVIDUALS, MARCH 1 (FRIDAY).
OF NOAA ΤΟ OUR SOCIAL WORKERS WOULD PUBLICISE THE EXTENSION
CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY, SENIOR CITIZENS IN HOSTELS, HOMES AND
HE
SAID.
"GROUP APPLICATIONS FROM THEM WILL BE ENCOURAGED IN
EFFORT IN APPROACHING THE SAVE THEIR TIME AND OFFICES, HE SAID.
A BID TO DEPARTMENT'S FIELD
AT PRESENT, NOAA FOR PEOPLE AGED 66 TO 69 IS $343 PER MONTH.
OF
SUDDEN INCREASE THE SPOKESMAN SAID DUE TO THE ANTICIPATED
THERE PROCESS,
WOULD BR SOME APPLICATIONS, WHICH REQUIRED TIME TO DELAY IN PAYMENT.
tt
BE MADE TO ENSURE "HOWEVER, SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS WILL
THREE TO FOUR MONTHS AFTER PAYMENT CAN BE MADE IN
PAYMENT WILL ALSO BE APPLICATION.
BACKDATED TO ELIGIBILITY,' HE SAID.
THAT
RECEIVING THE DATE
THE
OF
LIVED
IN
THE
60TH
UPON
"TO BE
THE ELIGIBLE,
APPLICANT MUST HAVE TERRITORY CONTINUOUSLY FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS STARTING FROM HIS BIRTHDAY. HE IS ALSO EXPECTED TO MAKE A DECLARATION OF RESOURCES APPLYING FOR THE ALLOWANCE," HE ADDED.
ENTITLED TO THE
A SINGLE PERSON WILL BE
ALLOWANCE PROVIDED PER MONTH AND THAT HE HAS THAT HIS INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED $2,100
THE LIMITS ASSETS WORTH NOT MORE THAN $100,000. FOR MARRIED COUPLES, ARE $3,200 AND $150,000 RESPECTIVELY.
ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE ON THE SWD HOTLINE 343 2255.
CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF HILLSIDE ESCALATOR LINK AWARDED
*
THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT HAS AWARDED A $186 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HILLSIDE ESCALATOR LINK BETWEEN CENTRAL AND THE MID-LEVELS.
OF
THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED TODAY (FRIDAY) BETWEEN THE DIRECTOR HIGHWAYS, MR KWEI SEE-KAN, AND THE REPRESENTATIVES OF PAUL Y CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND SOGEA JOINT VENTURE (PYSOGEA), MESSERS Y.K. LUI AND RAOUL DESSAIGNE.
/MR KWEI