MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1981
HE ALSO NOTED THAT POK 01 HOSPITAL, WITH ITS HISTORY OF COMMUNITY SERVICES, PLAYS AN ESSENTIAL PART IN THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S DEVELOPMENT PLAN IN GENERAL AND ITS REGIONAL ISATION SCHEME IN PARTICULAR,
THE EXPANSION PROGRAMME WILL HELP TO ACHIEVE THE TARGET OF 5.5 BEDS PER THOUSAND POPULATION IN 1985, AS SET OUT BY THE MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, HE ADDED.
HONG KONG/CANADA TEXTILE CONSULTATIONS
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CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CANADA BEGAN HERE TODAY (MONDAY) ON HONG KONG'S EXPORTS OF TAILORED COLLAR SHIRTS.
THE HONG KONG DELEGATION IS LED BY MR PETER TSAO, COMMISSIONER OF TRADE, AND THE CANADIAN DELEGATION BY MR DOUGLAS ARTHUR, CHIEF TEXTILES NEGOTIATOR.
THE ITEM IS CURRENTLY UNDER RESTRAINT IN THE HONG KONG/ CANADIAN BILATERAL AGREEMENT WHICH EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 31, 1981, DISCUSSIONS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST TWO DAYS.
WELFARE RECIPIENTS WARNED AGAINST IMPOSTERS *****
THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY) URGED RECIPIENTS OF SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS TO GUARD THEMSELVES AGAINST IMPOSTERS.
THE APPEAL CAME FOLLOWING A RECENT INCIDENT IN WHICH AN OLD AGE ALLOWANCE RECIPIENT WAS CHEATED OF ABOUT $14 000 BY A MAN WHO CLAIMED TO BE A BANK EMPLOYEE SENT BY THE DEPARTMENT TO CHECK ON HER ALLOWANCE PAYMENTS, WHICH ARE MADE THROUGH AUTOPAY SYSTEM.
THE MAN ASKED TO SEE HER BANK ACCOUNT AND SEAL. BY MISTAKE. SHE PRODUCED A BANK BOOK WHICH HAD ABOUT $14 000 IN THE ACCOUNT AND WHICH WAS NOT THE ONE USED FOR COLLECTING THE ALLOWANCE.
THE MAN EXCHANGED THE BANK BOOK FOR ANOTHER ONE AND LEFT WITH THE SEAL.
THE NEXT DAY, THE WOMAN RANG TO CHECK WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S CASEWORKER, ONLY TO FIND THE MAN WAS AN IMPOSTER. THE MONEY IN HER BANK ACCOUNT HAD BEEN DRAWN.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID PEOPLE RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS, IF APPROACHED BY STRANGERS, SHOULD DEMAND TO SEE THEIR IDENTITY PAPERS.
+ IF IN DOUBT, THEY SHOULD FIRST CHECK WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S CASEWORKERS, + HE ADDED.
AT PRESENT, ABOUT 186 000 PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING OLD AGE ALLOWANCE, 28 000 DISABILITY ALLOWANCE, AND 46 000 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
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