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Transport Support
137.
To improve the Rehabus service, the Government will allocate about $20 million to acquire eight new Rehabuses and replace 24 old ones.
138.
To further encourage disabled people to participate in activities away from home, I propose providing an additional supplement of $200 a month to Disability Allowance recipients aged between 12 and 64, and CSSA recipients in the same age group with 100 per cent disability. It is estimated that this proposal, which involves expenditure of $230 million a year, will benefit 96 000 persons with disabilities.
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