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FRIDAY, MARCH 31,

MARCH 31, 1989

5TH AND EACH ADDITIONAL

ELIGIBLE MEMBER

400

445

CORRESPONDINGLY, OTHER SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENTS UNDER THE

WILL ALSO BE INCREASED.

SUPPLEMENT

PER MONTH

SCHEME

FOR THOSE AGED AGED 70 OR

THE OLD AGE ALLOWANCE BELOW 70 WILL BE INCREASED FROM $280 TO $310 WHILE THOSE ABOVE WILL HAVE AN INCREASE FROM $320 TO #355.

SUPPLEMENT

THE DISABILITY

WILL LIKEWISE $310, REPLACING THE EXISTING RATE OF $280.

BE

INCREASED

TO

A SINGLE THE NEW ANNUAL LONG TERM SUPPLEMENT WILL BE $790 FOR

ELIGIBLE MEMBERS AND PERSON; $1,580 FOR A FAMILY WITH TWO TO FOUR

MEMBERS, AS COMPARED $2,370 FOR A FAMILY WITH FIVE OR MORE ELIGIBLE WITH THE EXISTING RATES OF $710, $1,420 AND $2,130.

IN

"THE ADJUSTMENTS WILL HELP RESTORE THE PURCHASING PAYMENT, WHICH WAS LAST REVISED 10 PER CENT UPWARDS THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

PA POWER OF APRIL 1988,"

ELIGIBILITY

MEANWHILE, APART FROM THE INCREASE IN PAYMENT, THE FOR THE OAA WILL BE FURTHER LOWERED TO COVER PERSONS AGED 67.

AGED 70 AND ABOVE STARTING TOMORROW, THE NEW RATE FOR THOSE

FOR THE WILL BE INCREASED TO $355 PER MONTH FROM $320 WHILE THE RATE 67-69 AGE GROUPS WILL BE $310 PER MONTH INSTEAD OF $280.

APPLICANT

MUST HAVE RESIDED IN HONG TO QUALIFY, THE CONTINUOUSLY FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS SINCE REACHING THE AGE OF 62.

KONG

IN ADDITION, THE PERSON IS EXPECTED TO DECLARATION.

MAKE A SIMPLE INCOME

PROVIDED ALLOWANCE

THEY HAVE ASSETS

COUPLE ARE A

BE ENTITLED то THE SINGLE PERSONS WILL THEIR INCOME IS NOT MORE THAN $1,800 PER MONTH AND WORTH NOT MORE THAN $100,000. THE LIMITS FOR A MARRIED MONTHLY INCOME OF $3,000 AND ASSETS WORTH $150,000.

"I

IN

WRITING

ΤΟ

THE

OR PERSON IN "APPLICATIONS CAN BE MADE SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNITS OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT. HOWEVER, VISIT THE FIELD UNITS IN ELDERLY PERSONS WHO FIND IT DIFFICULT TO

BEHALF, THE SPOKESMAN PERSON CAN APPOINT SOMEONE TO APPLY ON THEIR SAID.

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"APPLICANTS OR APPOINTEES SHOULD BRING ALONG WITH THEM

IDENTITY CARD AND THE APPLICANT'S

FIELD DOCUMENTS.

UNIT

HONG KONG

APPOINTMENT ΤΟ COME BACK "THEY WILL THEN BE GIVEN AN SPECIFIED DATE FOR COMPLETION OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

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TO THE TRAVEL

ON A

THE

DEPARTMENT'S

FIELD UNITS

WERE

PROCESSING SOME

INITIAL APPLICATIONS RECEIVED SINCE MARCH!

1

WHEN ACCEPTANCE

5.500 BEGAN,

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

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