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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1988

THE NORMAL ALLOWANCE RATE WILL BE $560 EXISTING $510 WHILE THE HIGHER ALLOWANCE WILL THE NORMAL RATE.

AS

COMPARED BE $1,120,

THE

WITH OR DOUBLE

ALLOWANCE IS INTENDED 48 THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE HIGHER

FAMILIES WITH SEVERELY DISABLED ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO

IT IN A PERSONS WHO NEED CONSTANT ATTENDANCE, BUT ARE NOT RECEIVING GOVERNMENT OR SUBVENTED INSTITUTION.

RECIPIENT MUST BR

AND

"TO QUALIFY FOR THIS HIGHER ALLOWANCE, THE AGED 60 OR ABOVE, CERTIFIED TO BE IN NEED OF CONSTANT ATTENDANCE; NOT RESIDING IN A GOVERNMENT OR SUBVENTED INSTITUTION.

OR DAY CARE CENTRES

"HOWEVER, CASES IN PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS ARE ELIGIBLE, HE EXPLAINED.

RECIPIENTS ALLOWANCE

EXISTING DISABILITY ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR THIS HIGHER RATE THEIR RESPECTIVE CASEWORKERS.

MEET WHO

THE ARE REQUESTED ΤΟ CONTACT

APPLICATIONS FROM ELIGIBLE PERSONS NOT CURRENTLY IN RECEIPT ANY DISABILITY ALLOWANCE CAN BE MADE TO THE DEPARTMENT'S FIELD UNITS.

I

ΤΟ PAYABLE PRESENT THE OLD AGE ALLOWANCE, WHICH IS AT AGED 70 OR ABOVE, WILL BE INCREASED FROM $255 TO $320.

FIRST

PHASE OF

OF

THOSE

THIS

WILL

AN

OF EXTENSION IN SEPTEMBER, THE

THE 68 AND 69 AGE GROUPS. ALLOWANCE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED TO COVER HOWEVER, RECIPIENTS WILL RECEIVE THE NEW NORMAL RATE OF $280 AND BE SUBJECT TO AN INCOME DECLARATION REQUIREMENT.

66

GROUP

BE

FURTHER EXTENSION OF THE ALLOWANCE TO THE 67 AGE GROUP WILL

BE WILL

COVERED FROM THE

AGE INTRODUCED FROM 1989-90. 1990-91 AND THE 65 AGE GROUP FROM 1991-92.

$42.68 MILLION EARMARKED FOR DB PROJECTS

SPEND

то PLANS ADMINISTRATION THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES $42.68 MILLION IN THE 1988-89 FINANCIAL YEAR TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF LOCAL RESIDENTS AND TO RUN COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECTS.

THE SUM, EARMARKED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND INVOLVEMENT PROJECTS, HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE CNTA'S DRAFT OF EXPENDITURE FOR 1988-89. THE PROVISION IS $3.88 MILLION THAT FOR 1987-88.

COMMUNITY ESTIMATES MORE THAN

/SUBJECT TO