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"BUT SUCH SCHEMES WOULD NOT HELP THOSE MOST IN NEED AND NOT PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS FOR ANYONE FOR 20 TO 30
YEARS.
WOULD
"LET THERE BE NO DOUBT. WE HAVE RULED OUT THE INTRODUCTION OF A CENTRAL PROVIDENT FUND," HE SAID.
THE GOVERNOR SAID CONSULTATION ON THE SCHEME WOULD MONTH AND VIEWS FROM THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE HEARD.
END THIS
"WE DO NOT HAVE A CLOSED MIND. BUT WE DO WANT TO GO FORWARD.
ВЕ
PREPARED
"WE WILL ALSO NEED, OF COURSE, TO GIVE FURTHER BRIEFINGS TO THE ΤΟ RESPOND CHINESE
ON GOVERNMENT
OUR PROPOSALS AND PROMPTLY ON ANY ISSUES WHERE IT REQUESTS MORE DETAILED EXPLANATIONS.
T'O MAKE PRIORITY
IT
CLEARLY MUCH TO BE DONE, AND WE WILL HAVE
THE AVAILABLE TO GIVE THIS WORK
*THERE 13 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES DESERVES.
FORCE ΤΟ
THE GOVERNMENT WILL SHORTLY ESTABLISH A SMALL TASK PROVIDE THE EXPERTISE NEEDED TO RESEARCH THE COMPLEX TECHNICAL ISSUES INVOLVED, WITH A MINIMUM OF DELAY.
"HONG
NEEDS TO SET UP AS
SOON AS
POSSIBLE
A KONG PLAINLY PRACTICAL SCHEME WHICH WILL SECURE FINANCIAL PEACE OF MIND FOR THE FINANCIAL PRESENT GENERATION OF ELDERLY MEN AND WOMEN AND ASSURE THE SECURITY OF THE ELDERLY GENERATIONS TO COME. NOTHING LESS WILL DO.
"IF WE DO NOT TAKE A DECISION NOW, IT WILL NOT BE ANY EASIER TO TAKE ONE IN 1997 OR 1998.
AND
IN THIS
"I HOPE WE CAN REACH AN UNDERSTANDING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY CHINA, WHICH NATURALLY HAS A CLOSE AND PROPER INTEREST ISSUE, HE SAID.
WITH
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MORE BENEFITS TO THOSE IN NEED
MORE
*
WHO
ARE
AIDS WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE PEOPLE FINANCIAL UNABLE TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES, THE NUMBER OF WHICH STANDS AT 130,000 AT SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND DEPEND ON THE COMPREHENSIVE SOCIAL PRESENT, SCHEME STARTING APRIL NEXT YEAR.
THIS WAS PROPOSED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON THE LEGISLATIVE CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, IN HIS ANNUAL POLICY ADDRESS TO COUNCIL.
THE ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS WILL BE AIMED TO:
OF
WHICH
PROVIDE BACH SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY WITH A NEW SUPPLEMENT $200 A MONTH TO HELP OFFSET THE SPECIAL DIFFICULTIES SINGLE PARENTS FACE IN BRINGING UP A FAMILY.
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INCREASE THE