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Thuraday, March 15, 1973

In particular, he added, it was not clear how far allowance was made

for the many proposals in the draft White Paper on Social Welfare in Hong Kong.

While he appreciated that the coat of the disability and infirmity

allowance scheme would be met by supplementary estimate, Mr. Lobo said the

amount of $12 million mentioned by the Financial Secretary in his Budget speech

"falls well short of the estimated costs of the scheme when in full operation,

which could be over $30 million a year.

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