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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 2195
OF 13100OZ JULY 90 ·
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DEA
YOUR TELNO 1243 : PENSIONS FOR HONG KONG CHINESE WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II
1. HONG KONG CHINESE WAR VETERANS, WHO WERE MEMBERS OF SPECIFIED MILITARY OR PARA-MILITARY UNITS AND WHO WERE IMPRISONED AS POWS OR INJURED DURING WORLD WAR II, TOGETHER WITH THE WIDOWS OF THOSE WHO DIED, ARE ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS UNDER THE HONG KONG WAR MEMORIAL FUND. SUCH BENEFITS ARE PAID IN THE FORM OF GRANTS AND ALLOWANCES RATHER THAN IN THE FORM OF PENSIONS.
2. BENEFITS AVAILABLE UNDER THE FUND INCLUDE :
(A) A MAINTENANCE GRANT PAYABLE TO WAR VETERANS AT THE RATE OF HKD2,710 PM FOR SINGLE ADULTS AND HKD4,550 PM FOR MARRIED COUPLES:
(B) A MAINTENANCE GRANT OF DOLLARS2,710 PM PAYABLE TO WAR WIDOWS:
(C) A SPECIAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE OF DOLLARS 685 PM PAYABLE TO WAR VETERANS AGED OVER 60 AND NOT IN EMPLOYMENT OR BUSINESS:
(D) A DEPENDENT CHILD ALLOWANCE OF HKD 1,530 PM PAYABLE TO EACH DEPENDENT CHILD UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE:
(E) A DEPENDENT PARENT ALLOWANCE OF HKD 1,300 PM:
(F) FREE MEDICAL TREATMENT AT GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY HOSPITALS. IN ADDITION, HOSPITAL MAINTENANCE CHARGES, WHICH ARE HEAVILY SUBSIDISED FOR WAR VETERANS AND WAR WIDOWS, ARE REIMBURSABLE ON APPLICATION:
(G) REIMBURSEMENT OF DENTAL CHARGES AT SPECIFIC SUBVENTED CLINICS: AND
(H) ASSISTANCE WITH CERTAIN TUITION FEES FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN.
3. THERE ARE AT PRESENT 63 HONG KONG CHINESE WAR VETERANS AND 77 CHINESE WAR VETERANS WAR WIDOWS RECEIVING GRANTS AND BENEFITS FROM
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