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Wednesday, February 28, 1973

GOVERNMENT SPENDS MORE ON SOCIAL WELFARE

Government spending on the new disability and infirmity allowances

will amount to $12 million in the new fiscal year, the Financial Secretary,

the Hon. C.P. Haddon-Cave, said today.

Speaking on the Budget, he said that expenditure on social

welfare in 1973/74 was up slightly, amounting to 2.4 per cent of total

expenditure.

In 1962/63, the percentage was 1.3. This went up to 2.3 per

cent in 1972/73 due to the general increase in the Government's activity

in the field of social welfare, including the introduction of public

assistance and legal aid, and increased subventions to voluntary

organisations.

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