SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1978
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS TO BE INCREASED NEXT MONTH
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THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND DISABILITY AND INFIRMITY ALLOWANCES WILL BE INCREASED FROM NEXT MONTH,
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT ADVISED RECIPIENTS TO BRING ALONG THEIR ORIGINAL CASH VOUCHER BOOKS AND THE SUPPLEMENTARY COUPONS WHEN COLLECTING THEIR PAYMENTS.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT RECIPIENTS CURRENTLY RECEIVING PAYMENTS ALREADY POSSESS THE NORMAL CASH VOUCHER BOOKS AND HAVE BEEN GIVEN SUPPLEMENTARY CASH COUPONS FOR THE ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS IN THE REVISED SCALE.
+TO SAVE TIME, RECIPIENTS ARE REQUESTED TO PRODUCE BOTH THE COUPONS SO THAT THE TWO PAYMENTS COULD BE MADE AT THE SAME TIME,+ HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND DISABILITY AND INFIRMITY ALLOWANCES RECIPIENTS SHOULD CONTACT THEIR RESPECTIVE SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNITS IF THEY HAVE ANY DOUBTS OR QUERIES.
THE INCREASE IN THE SCALE OF SOCIAL WELFARE PAYMENTS OF ABOUT 11 PER CENT WAS ANNOUNCED IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR.
+THIS IS THE FIFTH REVISION SINCE THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SCHEME WAS INTRODUCED IN 1971,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HE NOTED THAT THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT ALWAYS KEEPS A CLOSE WATCH ON THE LEVELS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND DISABILITY AND INFIRMITY ALLOWANCES BY REFERRING EACH MONTH TO THE MOVEMENT OF THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE INDEX IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE PURCHASING POWER OF THE POORER SECTOR OF OUR COMMUNITY.
+THIS INDEX IS MADE UP OF THOSE ELEMENTS IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX SUCH AS FOOD, FUEL, LIGHTING, CLOTHING IN PROPORTIONS REFLECTING THE SPENDING HABITS OF THE POORER FAMILIES, HE EXPLAINED, +RENT IS EXCLUDED BECAUSE IT IS ALLOWED FOR SEPARATELY IN CALCULATING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE PAYABLE.+
THE NEW RATES OF
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