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TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1984

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SOCIAL SECURITY RATES GO UP FROM TOMORROW

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PAYMENT RATES FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, OLD AGE AND DISABILITY ALLOWANCES WILL GO UP BY ABOUT 13 PER CENT FROM TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).

THE INCREASE, ANNOUNCED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AT THE END OF DECEMBER, IS INTENDED TO MAINTAIN THE REAL VALUE OF THE BASIC RATE OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE,

THE NEW PAYMENT RATES PER MONTH ARE AS FOLLOWS.

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

BASIC RATES

FOR A SINGLE PERSON LIVING ALONE

$510

FOR A FAMILY I

FIRST THREE ELIGIBLE MEMBERS NEXT THREE ELIGIBLE MEMBERS

EACH ADDITIONAL ELIGIBLE MEMBER THEREAFTER

$370 EACH $315 EACH $245

SUPPLEMENTS

OLD AGE SUPPLEMENT (FOR ANY RECIPIENT OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AGED 60 AND ABOVE)

$255

DISABILITY SUPPLEMENT (FOR ANY PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENT WHO IS PARTIALLY DISABLED)

$255

ANNUAL, LONG-TERM SUPPLEMENT (FOR THOSE ÎN RECEIPT OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE FOR 12 MONTHS OR MORE)

(A) FOR A SINGLE PERSON

B) FOR A FAMILY

SPECIAL NEEDS ALLOWANCES

OLD AGE ALLOWANCE

DISABILITY ALLOWANCE

$645

$1 290

$255

$510

THE SAVINGS LIMIT UNDER THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SCHEME WILL ALSO BE RAISED BY ABOUT 13 PER CENT. IT WILL GO UP FROM $5 700 TO $6 450 FOR A SINGLE PERSON, AND FROM $3 800 TO $4 300 FOR A PERSON IN A FAMILY.

/+THE INCREASE