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TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1973
SOCIAL SECURITY APPEAL EOARD STARTS OPERATION
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THE NEWLY-ESTABLISHED SOCIAL SECURITY APPEAL BOARD IS HOW READY TO RECEIVE APPEALS FROM ANYONE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S DECISIONS ON ELIGIBILITY AND PAYMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.
THE THREE-MEMBER INDEPENDENT BOARD HAS BEEN SET UP WITH SECRETARIAL SUPPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE A SPEEDY MEANS OF REDRESS FOR PERSONS WHO WISH TO MAKE THE APPEALS.
IT FORMS PART OF THE MAJOR IMPORVENENTS ADOPTED FOR IMPLEMENT- ATION AS PROPOSED BY THE GREEN PAPER ON SOCIAL SECURITY DEVELOPMENT.
TRS. MAXINE KWOK HAS BEEN APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD ..ITH MADAN POW SHUI-PING AND MR. VICTOR FUNG AS THE OTHER TWO MENEERS. PORE MEMBERS FOR THE BOARD WILL BE APPOINTED IF THE CASELOAD WARRANTS
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ANNOUNCING DETAILS OF THE FUNCTIONS AND PROCEDURES OF THE APPEAL SYSTEM, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY AN APPEAL MAY BE LODGED BY ANY PERSON APPLYING FOR OR RECEIVING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR WELFARE ALLOWANCE.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE PERSON MAY APPEAL AGAINST A DECISION OF THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE ON MATTERS CONCERNING THE REFUSAL OF ANY PAYMENT, THE AMOUNT OR THE DATE FROM WHICH PAYMENT WAS OFFERED, OR THE ISSUING OF PAYMENT TO A PERSON OTHER THAN THE APPLICANT.
+AN APPEAL MUST BE MADE WITHIN FOUR WEEKS OF NOTIFICATION OF THE DECISION, BY GIVING NOTICE 11 WRITING AT THE DEPARTMENT'S HEAD QUARTERS OR AT ANY OF THE 26 SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNITS CONCERNED,+ HE SAID.
APPEAL FORMS ARE NOW AVAILAZLE AT THESE PLACES AND THE APPELLAT HOULD BE GIVEN REASONABLE NOTICE OF THE DATE AND PLACE OF HEARING.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID HEARINGS WOULD BE INFORMAL WITHOUT LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND WOULD BE CONDUCTED AT THE BOARD'S OFFICE AT INTERNATIONAL BUILDING IN CENTRAL IN THE LANGUAGE BEST SUITED TO THE APPELLANT.
HE SAID BOTH THE APPELLANT AND THE DIRECTOR OF SCCIAL WELFARE WOULD BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUITY OF PRESENTING THEIR CASE IN RITING, SITHER IN CHINESE OR ENGLISH.
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+DURING A HEARING, THE APPELLAT MAY CHOOSE TO PRESENT HIS CASE PERSONALLY, OR IF THE BOARD AGREES, A FRIEND OR RELATIVE COULD 5. ON HIS BEHÄLF,→ HE SAID,
THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE HILL DE ENTITLED TO BE REPRESENTED AT THE HEARING AND TO PUT FORWARD HIS CASE, HE ADDED.
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