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Wednesday, October 31, 1973

On social welfare, Mr. Lobo urged the government to clear up

certain doubts among some agencies which still lacked "a clear guidance on

the role they should play and the amount of subsidy to be made available

to them."

While Hong Kong had pioneered the first non-contributory allowance

in the world for the infirm and the disabled, "the allowance requires urgent

revision, in the light of rapidly mounting living costs," he said. "Levels

of public assistance also need to be raised once again."

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