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Friday, March 29, 1974

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The revision of the rates is in line with a decision by the

Finance Committee of the Legislative Council that the Public Assistance

Scheme criteria should be adopted in fixing the personal allowances

for calculation of the monthly disposable income of applicants for legal

aid, and that the relevant regulations should be amended whenever the

scheme's criteria are altered.

Late last year, the Social Welfare Department announced a set

of new cash grants payable under this scheme which come into effect from

January 1, 1974.

In order to bring the above personal allowances into line with

the scheme's new levels of benefit, the regulations have been revised

accordingly.

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