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FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1990

CASH AID SCHEME FOR STUDENTS SIMPLIFIED

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TODAY (FRIDAY)

A SIMPLIFIED TO STUDENTS AND THE BAPTIST

HE FINANCE COMMITTEE

APPROVED METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE LEVEL OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AT THE TWO LOCAL UNIVERSITIES, THE TWO POLYTECHNICS COLLEGE.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE TOLD

THAT THE

BEEN WARMLY WELCOMED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AND THE STUDENTS' UNIONS.

HAD

METHOD SIMPLIFIED

TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS

EXPRESSED THE VIEW THAT IT

THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES HAD REPRESENTED A GREAT IMPROVEMENT WHICH WOULD CONSIDERABLY HELP SIMPLIFY THE APPLICATION PROCEDURE.

"CORE THE STUDENT'S FOR ASSESSING THE

REVISED METHOD, A A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT UNDER THE

SO THAT ONLY THE "SIMPLE FAMILY APPROACH" WOULD BE ADOPTED MEMBERS" OF THE FAMILY WOULD BE COUNTED IN CALCULATING ANNUAL DISPOSAL INCOME (ADI), WHICH WAS THE BASIS LEVEL OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE STUDENT.

''CORE MEMBERS' MEANS

THE APPLICANT'S

PARENTS

WHO ARE SINGLE AND LIVING WITH THE FAMILY. IN THE CASE APPLICANT, ONLY HIS SPOUSE AND CHILDREN WOULD BE COUNTED,

AND SIBLINGS

OF A MARRIED

中華 HE SAID.

MEMBERS WHO WOULD BE THE STUDENT'S ADI INCLUDE THE APPLICANT'S

AND BROTHERS

SISTERS, GRANDPARENTS AND LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD. THEY ALSO INCLUDE THE

WHO SIBLINGS

ARE SINGLE BUT LIVING AWAY FROM THE

"UNDER THE EXISTING SYSTEM, THE FAMILY COUNTED IN CALCULATING PARENTS, SPOUSE, CHILDREN, OTHER RELATIVES APPLICANT'S HOUSEHOLD.

ΤΟ

ΤΟ

BE

"

SYSTEM IS THAT "ANOTHER CHANGE IN THE REVISED

IN ORDER AMOUNT EQUIVALENT AVOID CAUSING HARDSHIP TO CERTAIN FAMILIES, AN

SINGLE PERSONS SHOULD THE LEVEL OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PAYABLE TO DEDUCTED FOR EACH DEPENDENT GRANDPARENT LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD.

ASSISTANCE WAS

FINANCIAL THE SPOKESMAN SAID AN APPLICANT FOR REQUIRED TO PROVIDE DETAILED INFORMATION ON HIS FAMILY MEMBERS.

DOCUMENTS

"THE APPLICANT IS ALSO REQUIRED TO SUBMIT SUPPORTING TO VERIFY THE FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS," HE SAID.

FROM

"THERE HAVE BEEN GROWING COMPLAINTS

STUDENTS IS TOO COMPLICATED AND THAT EXISTING APPLICATION FORM

THE DIFFICULTIES IN OBTAINING

AND INFORMATION

DOCUMENTS.

THAT THE THEY HAVE

SUPPORTING

REQUIRED

"THE PROCESS HAS ALSO CAUSED INCONVENIENCE AND SOMETIMES LED TO DISPUTES."

TO

FAMILY

MEMBERS

/IT IS