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WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1988

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AND ALSO ENABLE YEAR-BY-YEAR BASIS,

THIS WOULD HELP TO OBVIATE THE DEFICIENCIES PARENTS TO CHANGE THEIR CHOICE OF DOCTORS ON A AND THUS THE QUALITY OF SERVICE COULD BE ENSURED.

MR HSU SAID THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE BOARD HAD PUT FORWARD NUMBER OF PROPOSALS TO THE GOVERNMENT TO IMPROVE THE EXISTING SCHEME.

RENUMERATION

PARENTS,

A

ΤΟ

OF "THEY RELATE MAINLY TO THE LEVEL

PAYABLE PAYABLE DOCTORS, THE LEVEL OF ENROLMENT FEE

BY

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE ISSUE OF PRESCRIPTIONS AND MEDICINES, AND THE NEED FOR AN INCREASED ELEMENT OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE IN THE SCHEME.

TO

HE ADDED THAT THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE WOULD APPOINT A WORKING GROUP

EXAMINE THE BOARD'S PROPOSALS AND TO REVIEW THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE SCHEME AND ITS FUTURE DIRECTION, WITH A VIEW TO FINDING THE MOST APPROPRIATE WAY IN DELIVERING MEDICAL SERVICES TO SCHOOL CHILDREN.

NO PLAN TO CONTROL PRIVATE FUNERAL FUNDS

NOR CONSIDERS IT JUSTIFIED,

ΤΟ

FUNDS FUNERAL

FOR THE

THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO PLAN,

OVER PRIVATE INTRODUCE LEGISLATIVE CONTROL ELDERLY, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WAS TOLD TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THERE WAS ANY PLAN THE HON PAULINE NG HAD ASKED WHETHER

то

INTRODUCE

CONTROL LEGISLATIVE

OVER THE

OF ESTABLISHMENT

PRIVATE MEASURES WOULD BE TAKEN ΤΟ FUNERAL FUNDS FOR THE ELDERLY AND WHAT PROTECT PARTICIPANTS CONTRIBUTING TO SUCH FUNDS.

ADMINISTRATION,

THE

BY

IN A WRITTEN REPLY, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT THE HON DONALD LIAO, EXPLAINED THAT A NUMBER OF FUNERAL FUNDS FOR

AS PRIVATE ARRANGEMENTS ELDERLY WERE BEING OPERATED ESSENTIALLY

AND CLANSMEN ASSOCIATIONS TRADITIONAL ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS KAIFONG IN SOME DISTRICTS.

MEMBERS MIGHT PAY A SMALL MONTHLY

RANGING SUBSCRIPTION,

FROM MEMBERS A

$1 TO 310, FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD AND THE FUND 'PAID FAMILY FUNERAL SUBSIDY WHEN A MEMBER PASSED AWAY.

SUBSCRIPTION AND WHEN A

FIXED

ALTERNATIVELY, THEY PAID NO MONTHLY MEMBER DIED THE SURVIVING MEMBERS IN THE FUND ALL CONTRIBUTED A AMOUNT TO SUBSIDISE FUNERAL EXPENSES.

"THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THESE FUNDS CAN BE TRACED 1940'S, MR LIAO SAID.

TO THE

EARLY

/"DURING RECENT