The royal town’s attempt to become Selangor’s fourth city will finally see success on Nov 23. Residents want the new status to come with infrastructure, public transport improvements.
Taipei panned for elderly policies
By Wu Su-wei
and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writer
A subsidy scheme by the Taipei City Government deprives elderly people with disabilities of their right to collect full welfare benefits, two lawmakers said yesterday as they called on the city to rectify the problem.
Taipei has since 2002 offered separate subsidies for elderly people with disabilities, independent Legislator Freddy Lim (林昶佐) and Taipei City Councilor Sabrina Lim (林亮君) told a news conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei.
This means that people entering a nursing home can only apply for aid specifically for elderly live-in care, even if they have a record of disability, they said.