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1. News - World - BRITAIN

   Accepting welfare a 'lifestyle choice', Cameron tells Britons

   Posted Apr 08th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... welfare-dependent father of 18, who was jailed last week for the manslaughter of six children in setting fire to his own house. Conservative finance minister George Osborne was blasted by Labour ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1209475/accepting-welfare-lifestyle-choice-cameron-tells-britons
2. Limits to autonomy of our welfare providers

   Posted Apr 07th 2008, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... be kept by the groups or clawed back by the government is an issue that deserves careful deliberation. Welfare groups perform a highly valuable role in society. Their work must continue unimpeded. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/632788/limits-autonomy-our-welfare-providers
3. Appeal against ruling over rent refunds

   Posted Dec 09th 2011, 12:00am

   ... Rebate Socioeconomics Welfare Social Welfare Department Welfare Austin Chiu austin.chiu@scmp.com The government has appealed against a court ruling ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/987281/appeal-against-ruling-over-rent-refunds
4. News - China - WELFARE

   Seven children freeze to death in Hubei orphanage

   Posted Mar 02nd 2013, 12:00am by MANDY ZUO

   ... died from illnesses. The allegation quoted a woman who worked at the Shiyan Public Welfare House as saying all the children had gangrenous hands or feet because of frostbite. She said ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1167488/7-children-freeze-death-hubei-orphanage
5. News - Hong Kong - COURTS

   Pair jailed for making false welfare claims

   Posted Feb 26th 2013, 12:00am by Joyce Man

   ... News Hong Kong Courts false welfare claims Joyce Man joyce.hyman@scmp.com Woman and ex-boyfriend get between two and three years for taking HK$74,000 A woman and her former boyfriend were jailed yesterday for using other people's identity cards - including that of the man's wife - to trick the Social Welfare Services Department into doling out HK$74,000 in welfare ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1158536/pair-jailed-making-false-welfare-claims
6. News - Hong Kong - WELFARE

   Most families wait over four years for public housing, says Oxfam

   Posted Jan 30th 2013, 12:00am by Jennifer Ngo

   ... for a 200-sq-ft subdivided flat in Sai Wan. Her husband earns about HK$12,000 a month for the family of five. The family, which is not on welfare, has been waiting more than four years for public housing. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1138805/most-families-wait-over-four-years-public-housing-says-oxfam
7. Dole cheats tracked down online

   Posted Jun 06th 2011, 12:00am

   ... Welfare Fraud Social Welfare Department Business Welfare Fraud Welfare Clifford Lo clifford.lo@scmp.com Sleuths from the Social ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/969853/dole-cheats-tracked-down-online
8. News - Hong Kong - HEALTH

   Patient counts the cost of just staying alive

   Posted May 13th 2013, 12:00am by Jennifer Ngo

   ... and is not on welfare. He also does not qualify for a respiratory machine subsidy offered by the government's Community Care Fund. Critics say families of patients like Lo are being forced into drastic ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1236264/patient-counts-cost-just-staying-alive
9. Restaurant boss spared jail for welfare fraud

   Posted Nov 27th 2007, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Law Welfare Fraud Law Welfare Fraud Welfare Chandra Wong The owner of a renowned restaurant has been given a suspended jail sentence for helping an employee in a social welfare fraud. Chan Wai-kay, owner of Sham Tseng Chan Kee Roasted Goose Restaurant, admitted assisting his childhood friend Tang Kwok-kwan, 37, to defraud the Social Welfare Department of HK$46,410 in welfare payments ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/617219/restaurant-boss-spared-jail-welfare-fraud
10. News - Asia - INDIA

    India to pay welfare directly to poor

    Posted Jan 02nd 2013, 10:29am by Associated Press in New Delhi

    ... known to enroll fake recipients or register unqualified people. The programme inaugurated on Tuesday would see welfare money directly deposited into recipients’ bank accounts and require them ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1118115/india-pay-welfare-directly-poor

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