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REGISTRY No.52
13 FEB 975
*KCK 3/540/2
TO ROUTINE FCO TELNO 157 OF
FEBRUARY.
YOUR TELNO. 107 OF 10 FEBRUARY.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION BY LORD BROCKWAY.
REF.
MADAM LEE SAU-FONG APPLIED FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ON 12TH NOVEMBER 1974. FOLLOWING A HOME VISIT ON 12TH DECEMBER, PAYMENT WAS AUTHORISED ON 7TH JANUARY 1975 AND A CASH ORDER BOOK WAS ISSUED ON 14TH JANUARY COVERING THE PERIOD OF 12TH NOVEMBER TO 11TH FEBRUARY 1975 AT THE MONTHLY RATE OF DOLLARS 180. SHE WILL CONTINUE TO DRAW AT THIS RATE UNTIL 11TH MARCH 1975 WHEN THE CASE WILL BE REVIEWED, AT THE TIME THIS APPLICATION WAS MADE THERE WAS A HEAVY INTAKE OF NEW CASES AT THE OFFICE CONCERNED WHICH DID NOT IMMEDIATELY BENEFIT FULLY FROM PROCEDURAL EASEMENTS INTRODUCED ON 2ND DECEMBER. THESE EASEMENTS HAVE NOW TAKEN FULL EFFECT AND THE AVERAGE PROCESSING TIME FOR A CASE AT THIS AND SIMILAR OFFICES HAS NOW BEEN REDUCED TO THE ORDER OF THREE WEEKS.
2. MR. WOO HIN-MING ORIGINALLY APPLIED FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE IN 1972 BUT WAS FOUND TO BE INELIGIBLE BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF HIS WIFE'S EARNINGS, FOLLOWING A FURTHER APPLICATION IN JULY 1973, A NUMBER OF HOME VISITS WERE MADE CONCERNING HIS WIFE'S EARNINGS BUT AS INFORMATION WAS NOT FORTHCOMING THE CASE WAS CLOSED IN AUGUST 1973. HE AGAIN APPLIED ON 9TH AUGUST 1974 AND A HOME VISIT WAS MADE EIGHTEEN DAYS LATER, DESPITE SPECIFIC REQUESTS FOR DETAILS OF HIS WIFE'S EARNINGS, INCLUDING OFFICE INTERVIEWS ON 5TH AND 13TH SEPTEMBER, THE REQUIRED INFORMATION WAS NOT SUPPLIED, HOWEVER, HIS WIFE SUBSEQUENTLY STATED, THAT SHE MADE DOLLARS 300 PER MONTH, THIS PUT THE CASE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SCHEME. ON 28TH OCTOBER HIS WIFE CALLED AT THE SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICE TO CONFIRM THE INFORMATION ABOUT HER EARNINGS AND FROM WHAT SHE THEN SAID ABOUT HER HUSBAND'S HEALTH, IT OCCURRED TO THE CASE WORKER INVOLVED THAT HE MAY BE ENTITLED TO A NON-MEANSTESTED DISABILITY
Coted to HICK 18/11
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