SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 1994
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SAI KUNG RESIDENTS TO BENEFIT FROM BUDGET
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THE GOVERNMENT'S FINANCIAL ESTIMATES FOR 1994/95 WILL THE LIVELIHOOD OF
RESIDENTS IN SAI KUNG, SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PARRISH NG, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
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SPEAKING AT THE CIVIC EDUCATION CARNIVAL OF SAI KUNG IN PO ESTATE, TSEUNG KWAN O, MR NG POINTED OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S BUDGET WAS AMPLE EVIDENCE OF ITS COMMITMENT TO UPGRADE THE COMMUNITY'S QUALITY OF LIFE AND IMPROVE ENVIRONMENT, EDUCATION, MEDICAL WELFARE SERVICES.
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HE SAID THE ESTIMATES ALSO REFLECTED A STABLE AND BOOMING SHARE THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK AND RESIDENTS WOULD THEREFORE BE ABLE TO ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND ENJOY DRAMATIC SALARY TAX CONCESSIONS.
DESIRE AS THE GOVERNMENT WAS ALSO CONSCIOUS OF THE COMMUNITY'S TO ENCOURAGE FAMILIES TO PROVIDE CARE AND SUPPORT FOR ELDERLY MEMBERS, A NEW CATEGORY OF DEPENDENT GRANDPARENT ALLOWANCE UNDER THE SALARY TAX CONCESSION HAD ALSO BEEN INTRODUCED.
MR NG SAID AS STATED BY THE GOVERNOR IN HIS POLICY ADDRESS, THE SIX GOVERNMENT WAS COMMITTED TO DEVOTING MORE FUNDS TO EDUCATION AND
MEET THE MORE PRIMARY SCHOOLS WOULD BE SET UP IN TSEUNG KWAN O TO GROWING DEMANDS.
SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS GENERALLY WELCOME THE NEW BUDGET, MR NG ADDED.
BUDGET PROVIDES BETTER SERVICES FOR ELDERLY
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THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR CHRISTOPHER 1994/95 BUDGET DEMONSTRATED THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING BETTER CARE AND SUPPORT FOR THE ELDERLY.
OFFICIATING AT THE PENG CHAU "RESPECT THE AGED" GATHERING TODAY (SUNDAY), MR WONG SAID THE HARD WORK OF THESE PEOPLE IN THEIR YOUTH HAD CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG,
THE BUDGET PROPOSES TO PROVIDE AN EXTRA 1,660 PLACES IN CARE AND ATTENTION HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY. SIX DAY-CARE CENTRES, ONE HEALTH CENTRE AND 14 MULTI-SERVICE CENTRES ARE ALSO PLANNED, HE SAID.
THERE IS ALSO A NEW $20,000 ALLOWANCE FOR DEPENDENT GRANDPARENTS IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE FAMILIES TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR SENIOR MEMBERS, HE ADDED.
MR WONG URGED THE PUBLIC TO FAMILIARISE THEMSELVES WITH THE BUDGET AS IT CONTAINED MANY PROPOSALS WHICH AFFECTED THEIR LIVELIHOOD.
"BOOKLETS ON THE BUDGET CAN BR OBTAINED FROM ALL DISTRICT OFFICES," HE SAID.
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