February 01, 2012

A $137 million increase in recurrent funding for the Dementia Supplement was announced in the 2012-13 Budget today to allow residential care homes and day-care centres to have more resources to engage professional staff or procure professional services.
 
Financial Secretary John Tsang announced the Government will also allocate $900 million under the Lotteries Fund to improve the physical setting and facilities of as many as 250 district elderly community centres, neighbourhood elderly centres and social centres for the elderly.
 
Mr Tsang said the Government's total expenditure on welfare for 2012-13 will exceed $48 billion, out of which $44 billion is recurrent expenditure, a 9% rise on recurrent expenditure in 2011-12.