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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1988

THE TIMETABLE FOR FORUMS IS AS FOLLOWS:

CONSTITUENCY

CANDIDATE

DATE & TIME

PLACE

WEST

MR LEE CHI-KWONG ME YIP KAM-CHIU MR SHAM TAK-ON

EAST

MR LAU TAK-KI MR LO HOK-YAN,

JAMES

FEBRUARY 24 8.30 PM

FEBRUARY 10 8.30 PM

SHARON LUTHERAN SCHOOL, 18 CHERRY STREET,

TAI KOK TSUI.

C.C.C. MONG KOK CHURCH, 56 BUTE STREET, MONG KOK.

TAI KOK TSUI

MR FUNG KWONG

MR CHAN KWOK-MING MR LAI SHIU-NIN MR CHAN CHUNG-KIT MR YIP MING-HON

FEBRUARY 26 8.30 PM

C.C.C. KEI TSUN PRIMARY SCHOOL

150 TAI KOK TSUI ROAD, TAI KOK TSUI.

MAC FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE INCREASES

THE

GOVERNMENT

HAS RECENTLY

то

APPROVED AN INCREASE IN THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND

MAXIMUM LIMIT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE VILLAGE OFFICES FROM $600 TO $700 PER QUARTER.

A SPOKESMAN OF THE SAID THE NEW RATE WAS

ANNOUNCING THE REVISION TODAY (TUESDAY), AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION

CITY EFFECTIVE FROM JANUARY 1 THIS YEAR.

INCREASES

PRICE HE SAID THE REVISION WAS DUE TO MORE ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE MAC'S AND VILLAGE OFFICES.

AS

WELL AS

"UNDER THE

CAN SCHEME, MAC'S

CLAIM REIMBURSEMENT GOVERNMENT TOWARDS THE COST OF SPECIFIC ITEMS OF EXPENDITURE IN CONNECTION WITH THE OPERATION OF THEIR OFFICES.

FROM

THE

INCURRED

"THESE INCLUDE TELEPHONE RENTAL, RATES, ELECTRICITY AND WATER

AND CHARGES, OFFICE FURNITURE

EQUIPMENT,

EXPENSES, STATIONERY

AND

MINOR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES, HE SAID.

"FOR THOSE MAC'S WITH NEWLY ESTABLISHED OFFICES, CLAIM UP TO $1,400 INSTEAD OF $1,200 IN THE QUARTER WHEN ARE SET UP, HE SAID.

ኮ

THEY CAN NOW

THE OFFICES

APART FROM THIS QUARTERLY GRANT WHICH COVERS THEIR

ALSO APPLY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE, MAC'S COULD

FUNDS FROM OFFICE ΤΟ OTHER SOURCES SUCH AS THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE ORGANISE VARIOUS COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

DISTRICT

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