Breaking down the cssa caseload: a look at march 2024
The overall Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) caseload in March showed a drop of 457 cases, representing a decrease of 0.2 per cent compared with that of February, according to the latest CSSA caseload statistics released by the Social Welfare Department today (April 18).
The total CSSA caseload at the end of March stood at 199 205 (see attached table), with a total of 271 440 recipients.
Analysed by case nature, low-earnings cases registered a month-to-month decrease of 1.0 per cent to 1 530 cases. Unemployment cases decreased by 0.6 per cent to 16 943 cases. Single parent cases were down by 0.5 per cent to 20 192 cases. Both old age cases and permanent disability cases dropped by 0.2 per cent to 111 633 cases and 17 104 cases respectively.
Ill-health cases remained steady at 27 855 cases.
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Unlocking the secrets of hong kong's land registry: discover the new street index and lot/address cross reference table for the new territories
The Land Registry (LR) announced today (May 1) that compact discs for the 56th edition of the Index of Streets, House Numbers and Lots in Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Kowloon (Street Index), and the 25th edition of the New Territories Lot/Address Cross Reference Table (CRT), have been released. The discs facilitate searches of land records of urban and New Territories properties by correlating property addresses, building names or lot numbers.
The new edition of the Street Index features 402 amendments to the last edition, with 11 new streets and 32 new lots/sections/subsections added. In the latest edition of the CRT, 1 164 amendments have been made and 12 new streets and 939 new lots/sections/subsections have been added.
The new editions of the Street Index and CRT compact discs cost $370 each. Licences for using them on computer networks are also available for sale. The respective licence fees are $2,960 for a computer network linked to less than 50 terminals and $5,920 if linked to 50 terminals or more.
Members of the public who wish to purchase the compact discs and the licences may submit a completed order form on the LR's website (www.landreg.gov.hk/en/pforms/form.htm), by post or in person to the LR's Customer Centre (19/F, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong), the New Territories Search Offices or the LR's Street Index and CRT Help Desk (Unit 1202, 12/F, One Kowloon, 1 Wang Yuen Street, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon). The form can be obtained on the LR's website (www.landreg.gov.hk/en/pforms/form.htm), by fax by calling the customer service hotline at 3105 0000, or at the LR's Customer Centre, the New Territories Search Offices and the Street Index and CRT Help Desk.
An online version of the new Street Index and CRT is also available for free browsing on the LR's website (www.landreg.gov.hk/en/public/pu-si_agree.htm) or through the hyperlink onthe Integrated Registration Information System Online Services (www.iris.gov.hk).
For enquiries, please call the Street Index and CRT Help Desk or the Customer Service Manager of the LR at 3105 0000.
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