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Senior Citizen Card Scheme
Following is a question by the Hon Fred Li Wah-ming and a written reply by the Secretary for Health and Welfare, Mrs Katherine Fok, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
With regard to the operation of the Senior Citizen Card Scheme (the Scheme), will the Government inform this Council:
(a)
whether it will conduct a comprehensive review of the Scheme since the Scheme has been implemented for two years;
(b)
of the regular publicity campaigns by the Social Welfare Department to promote the Scheme;
(c)
how business organisations are invited to participate in the Scheme;
(d)
(e)
(f)
whether consideration will be given to the automatic issue of Senior Citizen Cards to the Elderly through the Immigration Department;
whether there is any mechanism to monitor those business establishments which have pledged to offer concessionary services to the elderly in order to ascertain if such establishments have honoured their pledges; and whether there is any channel for the elderly to lodge complaints against those organisations which fail to provide concessionary services in accordance with their pledges; and
whether the Home Affairs Department has made use of its regional network (such as the regional consultative organisations throughout the territory) to promote the Scheme; if so, what promotional activities have been organised; if not, why not?