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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
20 March 1979
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NOON ON MONDAY
19 MARCH 1979.
Mr Robert Parry (Liverpool, Scotland Exchange): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in what circumstances an individual or a
family can apply to the Hong Kong Government for either regular or one-off cash benefits for all situation of need, other than applications for accident, property compensation or legal aid.
Mr. Evan Luass
Application can be made for cash assistance under the Public
Assistance Scheme whenever individual or family income falls
below specified levels; or when hardship arises following natural
disaster, or criminal or law enforcement action.
Additional
cash benefits can be claimed by the elderly, the disabled, those
who have relied on public assistance for more than 12 months and
by certain other people with special needs.
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