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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1987

ELDERLY SERVICES ACCORDED PRIORITY

THE SOCIAL WELFARE

DEPARTMENT WILL ACCORD

PROVISION AND STRENGTHENING OF SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY

FIVE YEARS, DIRECTOR OF

SOCIAL

MRS WELFARE,

ELIZABETH

PRIORITY ΤΟ THE IN THE NEXT

WONG,

SAID

TODAY (FRIDAY).

MRS WONG WAS

OFFICE-BEARERS

OF

THE

AT SPEAKING

TUEN MUN

THE INAUGURAL CEREMONY DISTRICT RESPECT FOR

OF

THE

THE AGED

ASSOCIATION.

MRS WONG SAID THAT TO INCREASING ELDERLY EXPAND SERVICES FOR

COPE WITH THE

THE POPULATION, THE OLD PEOPLE

VARIOUS NEEDS OF

то CONTINUE GOVERNMENT WOULD SO AS ΤΟ ENCOURAGE THEM TO

THE

CONTINUE TO LIVE IN THEIR OWN HOMES.

"VARIOUS SERVICES

VOLUNTARY WELFARE

BY

PROVIDED ARE

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE

SUPPORT AGENCIES TO

AND ASSIST FAMILIES WHICH IN

AFTER LOOKING

THEIR ENCOUNTER PROBLEMS OR DIFFICULTIES

ELDERLY WHENEVER NECESSARY, MEMBERS. RESIDENTIAL CARE WILL ALSO BE ARRANGED MRS WONG SAID.

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PUBLIC WERE

WONG NOTED THAT ON FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE ELDERLY, MRS

MADE UP ABOUT

OF TWO-THIRDS

THE OLD PEOPLE

SOME 63,000 230,000 PEOPLE AGED ABOVE 70 ASSISTANCE CASES AND THAT OVER RECEIVING THE OLD AGE ALLOWANCE (OAA).

"THE GOVERNMENT HAS RECENTLY PROPOSED A PACKAGE OF MEASURES IMPROVE THE BENEFITS FOR THE ELDERLY TO MEET THEIR NEEDS AND THAT NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES WILL GREATLY INCREASE.

ΤΟ

THE

ALSO BE LOWERED

OAA

IT RATE, ALLOWANCE

RATE OF IN

IS

DISABILITY THEIR OWN

"APART FROM PROPOSING TO INCREASE THE

THIS AGE FOR SUGGESTED THAT THE ELIGIBILITY

IN STAGES. IN

THE FROM 70 TO 65

ADDITION, ALLOWANCE IS TO BE DOUBLED FOR PEOPLE OVER 60 WHO LIVE HOMES AND WHO REQUIRE CONSTANT CARE," SHE SAID.

MRS WONG SAID THAT OTHER HOUSING, MEDICAL, HOME CARE, RESIDENTIAL SERVICES, WHICH WOULD BE EXPANDED AND IMPROVED WHEN

SERVICES FOR THE CARE AND

ELDERLY INCLUDED OTHER AUXILIARY REQUIRED.

ITS CONTRIBUTION

IN

FOR ASSOCIATION MRS WONG COMMENDED THE SERVING THE ELDERLY SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1981.

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