TOVEMBER
IT IS ALSO PAYABLE TO ANY PERSON WHO WAS SUBJECTED TO TORTURE BY THE ENEMY DURING THEIR OCCUPATION OF HONG KONG.
PAYMENT IS MADE PROVIDED THAT IN EVERY CASE THE PERSON CONCERNED IS TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY EITHER WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY
INCAPACITATED FROM EARNING HIS LIVING, OR BEING AGED 60 OR OVER IS NOT IN EMPLOYMENT OR BUSINESS.
FOR BENEFICIARIES ALREADY RECEIVING A MAINTENANCE GRANT, THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SPECIAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE FOR ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES WILL RESULT IN AN OVERALL INCREASE IN BENEFITS BY 33.3 PER CENT FOR A SINGLE ADULT AND 19 PER CENT FOR A MARRIED COUPLE.
AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 130 BENEFICIARIES UNDER THE FUND. THE CURRENT RATES OF MAINTENANCE GRANTS ARE $1 200 FOR A SINGLE ADULT, $2 100 FOR A COUPLE, $720 FOR EACH OF THE FIRST TWO DEPENDENT CHILDREN AND $540 FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT CHILD.
IN AUGUST LAST YEAR, THE CRITERIA FOR ASSISTANCE UNDER THE FUND WAS RELAXED SO THAT BENEFICIARIES NO LONGER HAD TO PROVE THAT THEIR INCAPACITY TO EARN A LIVING WAS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO
INJURIES OR HARDSHIP SUFFERED IN CAPTIVITY.
FREE MEDICAL TREATMENT HAS ALSO BEEN PROVIDED SINCE JULY 1977 AT GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND GENERAL CLINICS TO BENEFICIARIES.
THE LIST OF FORCES AND ORGANISATIONS, WHOSE MEMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS UNDER THE FUND, COVERS THE HONG KONG NAVAL VOLUNTEER FORCE= HONG KONG ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE- HONG KONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS AND AUXILIARY AND AFFILIATED UNITS THEREOF HONG KONG CORPS OF AIR RAID WARDENS HONG KONG POLICE RESERVE HONG KONG CIVIL DEFENCE CORPS (SPECIFICALLY AUXILIARY COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE, AUXILIARY CONSERVANCY CORPS, AUXILIARY FIRE SERVICES, AUXILIARY LABOUR CORPS, AUXILIARY MEDICAL CORPS, AUXILIARY NURSING SERVICE, AUXILIARY ORDNANCE CORPS, AUXILIARY CUARTERING CORPS, AUXILIARY SUPPLY CORPS, AUXILIARY TRANSPORT SERVICE, CIVIL PAY AND ACCOUNTS SERVICE, PUBLIC WORKS CORPS AND AUXILIARY RESCUE AND DEMOLITION CORPS)- HIS MAJESTY'S REGULAR ARMED FORCES, ROYAL NAVAL YARD POLICE, AND THE ST JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.
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