TNAG-0608-FCO40-756-Planning-paper-on-progress-made-on-social-security-in-Hong-K-1977 — Page 174

DRAFT

To examine the following aspects of

Social Welfare Services in Hong Kong-

2.

made to

a.

b.

existing arrangements for cash

payments to vulnerable groups,

including the level of payments, eligibility criteria, and methods

of administration;

arrangements for the provision of

further services to vulnerable

groups including plans published

or in preparation for services to

the disabled and the elderly and

for preventive services to youth7.

To consider what changes (if any) should be

1.

eligibility criteria;

ii.

levels of payment;

3.

iii. coverage of vulnerable groups;

iv. methods of administration;

V.

vi.

scope and direction of services;

provision of payments instead of

services, or vice versa.

Such changes should be designed to meet

Government's wish to ensure

a.

that the incomes of established

comes

residents are maintained above the

subsistence level;

b. that vulnerable groups are provided

with a reasonable degree of security

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