Social security : indirect financial aid
3.7
Medical services. Heavily subsidized medical services are provided by the Government, by voluntary welfare agencies, and by private organi- zations, such as trade unions, clansmen associations and kai fong welfare associations.
3.8
At all Government general and specialist outpatients clinics, a patient is charged a nominal fee of $1.00 per visit, which includes medicine and diagnostic investigations. There is no charge for patients attending the Family Health Services Centres or the tuberculosis, social hygiene & leprosy clinics, or for those with quarantinable diseases. No charge is made at some remote clinics or on the floating clinics. The daily maintenance and treatment fee for an in-patient, admitted to the general ward of a government hospital, is $5.00. For anyone who cannot pay the medical fee, there is provision for the charge to be waived or reduced.
3.9
Medical services provided by voluntary welfare agencies or private organisations are available free or at a nominal fee.
3.10
Various funds, (e.g. the Samaritan Fund, the Tuberculosis and Leprosy Fund, the Surgical Appliances Vote and the Brewin Trust Fund) are administered by the Medical and Health Department. They are used to provide help with travelling expenses to attend medical clinics or hospitals for treatment, to cover the cost of appliances prescribed by Government medical officers and to meet other incidental expenses.
3.11
Services for the elderly. Services for the elderly, which constitute a significant measure of indirect financial aid, are described in more detail in the Green Paper "Services for the Elderly."+
3.12
Rehabilitation services. Services for the disabled, which also constitute a significant measure of indirect financial aid, are described in more detail in the White Paper "Integrating the disabled into the community : a united effort."*
3.13
Family welfare services. Families may benefit financially from Government subvented care centres, run by voluntary agencies for the children of poor families, and from home help services provided for the poor by voluntary agencies.
3.14
Legal aid. The legal aid service enables persons of limited means to take, or defend themselves against, criminal and civil legal proceedings. The service is provided free of charge, or subject to a small contribution, depending on the means of the person.
3.15
Education. The Government provides free primary education and subsidised secondary education, either in Government or aided schools or through places "bought" by the Government in private schools. There is a fee
Services for the Elderly, November 1977
Integrating the disabled into the community: a united effort, October 1977
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