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Dealing with the severely disabled and elderly infirm in residential institutional care, he said the reason for their not being covered by the scheme was to encourage more of them to receive care in the community which is a much more positive form of care and service.
He said such people who are in need of some pocket money can apply for public assistance which may help them according to their individual
needs.
Reviewing the scheme's operation so far, Mr. Lee said up to the end of April, over 21,000 applications had been received of which about
90 per cent were for the infirmity allowance.
Note to Editors:
Copies of Mr. Lee's speech in English and Chinese will be available from the GIS Press Boxes, this evening.
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