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FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1992

OWNERS AND TENANTS AFFECTED BY THE RESUMPTION MAY MAKE STATUTORY CLAIMS UNDER THE CROWN LANDS RESUMPTION ORDINANCE AND, IF THE CLAIMS CANNOT BE SETTLED BY AGREEMENT, MAY APPLY ΤΟ THE LANDS TRIBUNAL FOR ADJUDICATION,

BE

OFFERED

ELDERLY SINGLETONS AND DOUBLETONS WILL ACCOMMODATION IN CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY TO BE PROVIDED BY THE CORPORATION AND RUN BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.

OTHER SINGLETONS AND DOUBLETONS NOT ACCEPTING COMPENSATION MAY BE OFFERED SPACE IN DORMITORY ACCOMMODATION PROVIDED BY THE CORPORATION.

CASH

TO BE

UPON COMPLETION OF THE RESUMPTION AND CLEARANCE, THE LAND FOR THE PROJECT, WITH AN AREA OF ABOUT 8,400 SQUARE METRES, WILL BE GRANTED BY LAND EXCHANGE TO THE LDC FOR REDEVELOPMENT.

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DETAILS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SCHEME EXPLAINED

*

AN IMPORTANT FEATURE OF THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

SYSTEM IS THAT

THE BASIC RATE IS THE FOUNDATION ON WHICH ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS AND SPECIAL GRANTS ARE MADE SO AS TO TAILOR ASSISTANCE TO MEET THE CLIENTS' PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ROSE GOODSTADT, AT A MEETING OF THE OMELCO STANDING PANEL ON WELFARE SERVICES TODAY (FRIDAY).

"A COMMON MISCONCEPTION IS THAT THE BASIC RATE IS WHAT THE MAJORITY OF CLIENTS RECEIVES, MRS GOODSTADT SAID.

ESSENTIALLY

IN FACT, THE AVERAGE PAYMENT IS MORE THAN DOUBLE THE RATE SINCE ABOUT 98 PER CENT OF THE CLIENTS ALSO RECEIVED RENT ALLOWANCE, SUPPLEMENTS AND SPECIAL GRANTS.

MRS GOODSTADT EXPLAINED THAT THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SCHEME WAS то PROVIDE CASH ASSISTANCE TO ENSURE THE CLIENTS HAD SUFFICIENT MONEY TO MEET THEIR PERSONAL NEEDS IN EVERYDAY LIFE.

"ALTHOUGH NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO CATEGORISE THE PAYMENT IN TERMS OF SOME THEORETICAL BASKET, A BROADBRUSH APPROACH HAD BEEN ADOPTED TO TAILOR THE LEVEL OF PAYMENTS TO THE DIFFERENT NEEDS OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLIENTS BY BUILDING SEVERAL COMPONENTS INTO SCHEME, SHE SAID.

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THE COMPONENTS ARE:

THE

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* BASIC RATE TO COVER ESSENTIAL NEEDS, INCLUDING FOOD, FUEL

AND CLOTHING, CURRENTLY AT $825 FOR A SINGLE PERSON;

* SUPPLEMENTS то