THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1993
THE ABOUT
ACCOUNT, THREE COMPONENTS INTO HE ADDED THAT TAKING ALL AVERAGE SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENT TO A FAMILY OF FOUR NOW REACHED $5,800 A MONTH.
"THIS
EQUALS
ΤΟ
92
PER CENT
OF
AN AVERAGE
WORKER'S WAGE," HE SAID.
MANUFACTURING
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PAYMENT FOR A SINGLE PERSON IS $2,000.
RANGE
RENT AND
THE THREE SIMPLE COMPONENTS UNDER THE CSSA SCHEME ARE: A OF STANDARD RATES FOR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF CUSTOMERS, PROVISION FOR SPECIAL GRANTS TO MEET INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.
A
THE STANDARD RATE, BEFORE PROVIDING ANY SPECIAL GRANTS, FOR
INCREASED CHILD IN A FAMILY IS $995 A MONTH. THE RATE WILL BE FURTHER BY $100 A MONTH WITH EFFECT FROM APRIL 1 NEXT YEAR AS ANNOUNCED BY THE GOVERNOR IN HIS POLICY ADDRESS IN OCTOBER.
"THIS REPRESENTS A REAL INCREASE OF 10 PER CENT IN THE STANDARD
HE SAID. RATE FOR AN ABLE-BODIED CHILD,
IN
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SCHEME, ADDITION, MR STRACHAN STRESSED THAT UNDER THE CSSA
THE SCHEME COULD ASSISTANCE WOULD BE PROVIDED SO THAT CHILDREN ON ENJOY SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES, JUST LIKE OTHER CHILDREN.
NEEDS PROVIDES SUCH AS AFTER- ENJOY THE ESSENTIAL
"WE ARE SATISFIED THAT WE ARE MEETING NOT ONLY THE BASIC OF CHILDREN ON CSSA, BUT THE SCHEME, ASSISTED BY TRUST FUNDS, FLEXIBILITY ΤΟ HELP THEM PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAMMES SCHOOL CARE AND TUITION CLASSES. SO THEY CAN ACTIVITIES OF CHILDHOOD," HE CONCLUDED.
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APPOINTMENTS TO CONSUMER COUNCIL
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY
THAT (THURSDAY)
THE COUNCIL
FINANCIAL SECRETARY HAS APPOINTED 18 MEMBERS TO THE CONSUMER FOR A PERIOD OF ONE TO TWO YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM JANUARY 1 NEXT YEAR.
THE SIX OF
EXISTING MEMBERS HAVE
BEEN
COUNCIL FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS.
TO RE-APPOINTED
THE
DIT-SANG, MISS AND
THEY ARE MISS AUDREY EU YUET-MEE, DR JOHN HO SARA HO SUK-CHING, DR SARAH LIAO SAU-TUNG, DR ANTHONY NG SUNG-MAN MR CLEMENT TAO KWOK-LAU.
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PROFESSOR PETER W
CHEUNG, MR
PO-
EIGHT OF THE EXISTING MEMBERS LEE KAM-HUNG, MR MAN MO-LEUNG, MR JOHNNY MOK SHIU-LUEN, MR NG TAT-LUN, MRS SO CHEUNG YEE-HING, MR ANTHONY YUEN TAK-TIM AND MRS YUEN CHAN HING HAVE BEEN RE-APPOINTED FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR.
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DR
DR
LO CHI-KIN, FOUR NEW MEMBERS MR THOMAS KWOK WAI-YAN, ALBERT LEUNG WING-NANG AND DR MICHAEL TSUI FUK-SUN HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO THE COUNCIL FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR.
/MR KWOK