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SUNDAY, JULY 29, 1990

HEALTH

CAMP,

EDUCATION PLANNING ASSOCIATION

SOME 70 YOUTHS, AGED BETWEEN 16 AND 25, TOOK PART IN THE

JOINTLY ORGANISED

BY THE AIDS

AND COUNSELLING SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE FAMILY AND THE HONG KONG CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES.

HELD CAMP,

THE SAI KUNG

OUTDOOR

OF ACTIVITIES

THE

AT RECREATION CENTRE, INCLUDED TALKS ON AIDS, GAMES AND COMPETITIONS.

PRESENTED PRIZES

OF THE

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HEALTH DR T.A. SAW, TO WINNERS OF THE COMPETITIONS. ALSO PRESENT WAS MR DAVID LEB HONG KONG CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES.

OVER 267,000 HIGHER OLD AGE ALLOWANCE RECIPIENTS

*

MOVIE AND

TELEVISION ARTISTE SHEK KIN HAS VETERAN

BEEN PURPOSE DURING THE PAST DONATING HIS OLD AGE ALLOWANCE FOR CHARITY SIX YEARS, DESPITE HIS RENOWNED "VILLAINY" ON THE SCREEN.

UNCLE KIN, AGED 78, AND HIS WIFE, ARE AMONG MORE

AGE ALLOWANCE SENIOR CITIZENS RECEIVING THE HIGHER OLD MONTH.

THAN 267,000

$393 PER

SAID: IT AS

LIVING IN A WELL-FURNISHED FLAT, UNCLE KIN AMOUNT IS NOT FOUND TO BE A NEED TO US, WE TREAT RECOGNITION OF OUR RIPE AGE AND OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE THE PAST.

"THOUGH THE AN OFFICIAL COMMUNITY IN

TO CHARITY TO OTHERS IN

DONATING OUR ALLOWANCE MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN ORGANISATIONS, KNOWING THAT IT WILL BE MORE MEANINGFUL NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE," UNCLE KIN ADDED.

SAID

THE

ELDERLY EXISTING

HE

A SERVICE, ON

SIGNIFICANT

BEEN

IN

THE MADE

THE PAST DECADE,

THAT ADDING IMPROVEMENT HAD

TO THE WELFARE OF SENIOR GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN ATTACHING IMPORTANCE CITIZENS.

TODAY (SUNDAY) POINTED IS ELIGIBLE FOR A HIGHER OLD

A SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN OUT THAT ANY PERSON, AGED 70 OR ABOVE, AGE ALLOWANCE WITHOUT ANY MEANS TEST.

LOWERED TO 65 BY PHASES IN

"THE QUALIFYING AGE FOR OLD AGE ALLOWANCE HAS BEEN 67 SINCE APRIL 1989 AND WILL BE FURTHER LOWERED TO 1991, HE SAID.

THE

YEAR

LAST MILLION $1,124

AND THE ESTIMATED FISCAL YEAR IS ABOUT

GOVERNMENT PAID OUT MORE THAN

HIGHER OLD AGE FINANCIAL

FOR

ALLOWANCE EXPENDITURE FOR THE ALLOWANCE FOR THE CURRENT $1,324 MILLION, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

COULD APPROACH THE

DEPARTMENT,

WELFARE

ANYONE, WHO HAVE ENQUIRIES ON THE MATTER, 34 SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNITS OF THE SOCIAL CALL THE SWD HOTLINE 343 2255.

OR

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