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SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1994

THE

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HANDBOOK ON SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS PUBLISHED

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SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS PUBLISHED A HANDBOOK CUSTOMERS COMPREHENSIVE SOCIAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE (CSSA) KNOW MORE ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS.

SETS IT

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OUT IN DETAIL THEIR RIGHTS, COVERING THE TYPES AND LEVELS OF GRANTS, COMPLAINT AND APPEAL PROCEDURES AND OTHER RELATED

INFORMATION.

"THE CSSA SCHEME PROVIDES CASH ASSISTANCE TO BRING THE INCOME OF NEEDY INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES UP TO A PRESCRIBED LEVEL WHERE BASIC AND ESSENTIAL NEEDS CAN BE MET, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

"WE HOPE THAT THE PRODUCTION OF THE HANDBOOK WILL HELP US PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES TO OUR CSSA CUSTOMERS.

AIMED TO ACHIEVE

GREATER

"IT IS ALSO

THE TRANSPARENCY ON PROVISION OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS, A TARGET THAT HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN OUR RECENTLY ANNOUNCED PERFORMANCE PLEDGE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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ARE NOW COPIES OF THE HANDBOOK, IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE, PLACED AT THE RECEPTION COUNTERS OF ALL 32 SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNITS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY. A NOTICE IS ALSO DISPLAYED CONSPICUOUSLY AT THE COUNTERS REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF THE HANDBOOK.

"FIELD UNIT STAFF WILL INFORM THEIR CSSA CUSTOMERS ABOUT THE HANDBOOK THROUGH THEIR CONTACTS WITH THEM, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

COPIES ARE ALSO PLACED AT ALL SERVICE UNITS OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

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HOT AND DRY IN MAY

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THE WEATHER LAST MONTH WAS ON THE WHOLE HOT AND DRY, A MONTHLY REPORT RELEASED TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY SAID.

THERE WAS A SPELL OF SUNNY DAYS IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE MONTH. WITH MORE SUNSHINE THAN NORMAL, THE MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 27.4 DEGREES RANKED THE FOURTH HIGHEST FOR MAY.

THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF THE MONTH AVERAGED 78 PER CENT WHICH IS THE FOURTH LOWEST FOR MAY.

THE DRIER CONDITION REFLECTED ALSO IN THE MONTHLY RAINFALL. ONLY 183.7 MILLIMETRES WERE RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY WHICH WAS ABOUT 58 PER CENT OF THE MAY NORMAL OF 316.7 MILLIMETRES.

MOST OF THE RAIN WAS DUE TO A MONSOON TROUGH WHICH AFFECTED THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL AREAS FROM TIME TO TIME DURING THE MONTH.

/RAINFALL IN