Q What is the best way to give rice to the elderly?
Please add the following tip to the list you supplied for 'tips on better rice handouts' (September 6). Increase welfare allowances to offset the high cost of Hong Kong living and diffuse the crushing burden many poor families endure.
Implementation of this tip will reduce the need to travel long distances for rice collection and save our elderly from strokes, tiredness, painful bowels, transport fares and even death. It will also ease crowd management for future rice handouts.
Nalini Daswani, Tsim Sha Tsui
Q Is enough being done to prevent a repeat of the Tin Shui Wai tragedy?
The inquest into the tragedy in the Coroner's Court indicates a lack of gender sensitivity in the police and other government departments, their handling of domestic violence and the fatal consequences of such neglect.