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Apart from the above, the Director of Home Affairs who has been tasked to monitor and assess the services provided for new immigrants, has established a steering committee bringing together service providers, such as the various Government departments providing direct services, as well as Non-Government Organisations, to ensure that we are providing the right services and that these services are reaching their target. To complement the work of the committee, each District Office will collect and collate information on new immigrants in the respective district, to monitor and assess the services which are provided to them, and to reflect the findings through the steering group to the departments and agencies concerned. This will ensure that the needs of new arrivals are met in a comprehensive and co- ordinated manner.
We hope that with these initiatives, we can ease the process of integration for new arrivals into the community at large as quickly and effectively as possible.
End/Thursday, November 2, 1995
Methodologies used to set CSSA rates further elaborated
To peg the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) rates to 30 per cent of the median wage as suggested by some Legislative Councillors would be totally contrary to the Government's philosophy of assessing payments against individual needs.
This was stated by the Secretary for Health and Welfare, Mrs Katherine. Fok. during the motion debate in the Legislative Council today (Thursday) to thank the Governor for his Policy Address.
Mrs Fok said CSSA provided the vulnerable with a safety net to meet basic needs for food, clothing, housing, fuel, light, water and transport as well as for household goods.
In addition, payments are made to meet the education expenses of children. Medical treatment for recipients at public clinics and hospitals is free.