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Service

From the employee's point of view the Long Payment Scheme has three major advantages over a central provident fund. He does not have to

to contribute to it;

elderly workers do not have to wait so

wait so long to benefit

from it; and, most important, it is based upon the

employee's final salary and is not therefore vulnerable to erosion by inflation.

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105.

(iii) Social Welfare Services

So

Within our social welfare services, there are

several issues which call for more attention.

106.

There has been

been increasing public concern

recently about the problems associated with ageing. Quite apart from financial needs, there are the physical needs of the frail and infirm who can no longer live with

their families or on their own. The shortage of places

in care-and-attention homes run by Government and subvented welfare agencies has led to the mushrooming of

private nursing homes in the last few years. The standards of service provided in these private homes can

vary greatly.

Social Welfare Department is now assessing the extent to which they comply with the Code of practice issued last year, and will then decide whether legislation is required to bring these homes

Meanwhile, we are continuing

under

The

closer control.

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