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	SUBSIDY FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In economics, a subsidy is generally a monetary grant given by government to lower the price faced by producers or consumers of a good, generally because it is considered to be in the public_interest.
		Subsidies protect the consumer from paying the full price of the good consumed, however they also prevent the consumer from receiving the full value of the thing not consumed – in that sense, a subsidized society is a consumption society because it unfairly encourages consumption more than conservation.
		Many developing_nations who are dependent on exports of farm produce argue that subsidies given to farmers in rich nations are the biggest single contributor to their continued poverty.
	www.gottagetflowers.com /subsidy (816 words)

	Funding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Non-profit-making kindergartens are eligible for rent and rates reimbursement, and financial assistance from the government under a new Kindergarten Subsidy Scheme introduced in September 1996.
		the Direct Subsidy Scheme, where a private secondary school meeting a specified standard may receive a recurrent subsidy related to the cost of an aided school place and the fee charged by the school.
		The Student Financial Assistance Agency administers several schemes on areas of travel, textbook and fee which ensure, as far as possible, that students are not denied access to education because of a lack of means.
	www.scils.rutgers.edu /~lfung/fund.html (330 words)

	World Bank - Documents & Reports - Designing direct subsidies for water and sanitation services - Panama : a case study ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As an alternative to traditional subsidy schemes in utility sectors, direct subsidy programs have several advantages: they are transparent, they are explicit, and they minimize distortions of the behavior of both the utility, and the customers.
		At the same time, defining practical eligibility criteria for direct subsidy schemes is difficult, and identifying eligible households may entail substantial administrative costs.
		In choosing eligibility criteria for a subsidy, it is essential to verify what proportion of the target group fails to meet the criteria (errors of exclusion) and what proportion of non-target groups is inadvertently eligible for the benefits (errors of inclusion).
	www-wds.worldbank.org /servlet/WDS_IBank_Servlet?pcont=details&eid=000094946_00062406381470 (568 words)

	Direct Subsidy Scheme -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Direct Subsidy Scheme is the mode of operation of (An educational institution) schools in Hong Kong}}
		It is freer as schools under the DSS scheme are not required to follow the directions of the EMB ((Click link for more info and facts about Education and Manpower Bureau) Education and Manpower Bureau) as tightly as other subsidised or grant schools do.
		Subsidisation is given to DSS schools based on the number of students and the average subsidy per head that other non-DSS schools received from the (Click link for more info and facts about Hong Kong government) Hong Kong government.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/D/Di/Direct_Subsidy_Scheme.htm (125 words)

	Defra, UK - Farming - Sheep Annual Premium Scheme
		The scheme is fully funded by the European Union and pays a subsidy on breeding ewes to guarantee producers a common level of support.
		Schemes funded by the national envelope can take the form either of annual payments to producers, in the form of extra headage payments or area payments, or one-off or time limited contribution to such things as start-up costs, pilot projects and feasibility studies.
		Modulation was introduced at a flat rate of 2.5% for the 2001 scheme year, rising gradually to 4.5% in 2005 and 2006.
	www.defra.gov.uk /farm/schemes/sheeprem.htm (978 words)

	2344. Designing Direct Subsidies for Water and Sanitation Services Panama: A Case Study
		An alternative to traditional subsidies for water and sanitation services is direct subsidies — funds governments provide to cover part of the water bill for households that meet certain criteria.
		In choosing eligibility criteria for a subsidy, it is essential to verify what proportion of the target group fails to meet the criteria (errors of exclusion) and what proportion of nontarget groups is inadvertently eligible for the benefits (errors of inclusion).
		Subsidies should be provided long enough before eligibility is reassessed to avoid "poverty trap" problems.
	wbln0018.worldbank.org /research/workpapers.nsf/(allworkingpapers)/867DFEA0AEA38E27852568E200497C6C?OpenDocument (585 words)

	THE IMPLICATIONS OF EU LEGISLATION UPON THE PROVISION OF TRANSPORT SERVICES WITH REGARD TO ISLAND REGIONS- (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Direct subsidies to transport operators are sometimes considered as the only way for lowering the costs of island transport.
		There are other subsidies to assist the consuming of sugar in the Azores, as well as for the purchase of maize seeds (which is a national subsidy, but the rate applied in the Azores is 4 times the national rate).
		That subsidy was to decline from 1991, to disappear in 1996.
	www.eurisles.org /Textes/Transports/implicat.htm (4611 words)

	Safety nets to protect consumers from possible adverse effects
		All subsidies are implicit transfers; the distinction between direct and indirect transfers is, nevertheless, useful.
		Where subsidies or direct interventions such as school-feeding programmes are pursued, the emphasis on targeting and cost-minimisation has become more pronounced with the introduction of economic reform programmes.
		A typical example is the case where food subsidies lead to an expansion of consumption of particular foods which are not able to be produced domestically, resulting in an expansion of imports and shift in consumption patterns away from the local staple.
	www.fao.org /DOCREP/W6808e/w6808e09.htm (1825 words)

	Direct Subsidy Scheme - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Direct Subsidy Scheme is a system instituted by the Hong Kong Education and Manpower Bureau (a division of the Hong Kong government) as a means to enhance the quality of private schools in Hong Kong at the kindergarten, primary, and secondary levels.
		An existing DSS school is granted a subsidy based on its operating history; the subsidy is calculated according to the average unit cost for each local student enrolled.
		Hong Kong Education and Manpower Bureau - Direct Subsidy Scheme
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Direct_Subsidy_Scheme (115 words)

	NSW Cellar Door Subsidy Scheme
		Subsidy claims will only be processed for those entities paying WET – that is for vignerons with total sales (wholesale and cellar door) with a wholesale value exceeding $1 million per annum.
		Subsidies will only be provided if it is demonstrated that the value of the subsidy has not been passed on to customers in NSW.
		Claims made under the Scheme may be the subject of an audit, where claimants are required to provide documents as proof of the validity of the claim.
	www.dgr.nsw.gov.au /HTML/LIQUOR/cellar_door_subsidy_scheme.html (1427 words)

	Encyclopedia: Direct Subsidy Scheme (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Secondary education is a period of education which, in most contemporary educational systems of the world, follows directly after primary education, and which may be followed by tertiary, post-secondary, or higher education (for example university).
		Students attending a lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stÅdÄ“rÄ•, which means to direct ones zeal at; hence a student is one who directs zeal at a subject.
		Categories: Education in Hong Kong Education in Hong Kong has a similar system to that of the United Kingdom, in particular the English education system, as Hong Kong was colonised by the British from 1841 to 1997.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Direct-Subsidy-Scheme (408 words)

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		ACPAQ agreed at its 4th session (May 1979) that the rental subsidy scheme had proved to be a necessary feature of the post adjustment system and should be continued on a more permanent basis.
		ICSC decided that: (a) for determining rental subsidy thresholds at field duty stations, all extreme rents should be excluded by using only those rents defined in the interval as the average rent plus or minus two standard deviations.
		The extended rental subsidy scheme at duty stations in Europe and North America was intended to provide, for a defined period, relief to newcomers to a duty station who were facing much higher rents relative to those paid by staff already settled at the duty station.
	www.un.org /Depts/icsc/other/compend/2-1-72.htm (1601 words)

	footnotes of the day
		Second, on the idea of direct compensation fund from fuel subsidy removal, my stand is that the scheme is too costly in term of coordination and monitoring, and poorly designed too.
		Kompas daily concluded that the scheme is ineffective based on a partial observation of a recipient that spent 200 K IDR out of his/her 300K IDR allowance to buy clothes, intead for education or staple food.
		In fact this is the very basic idea of the potential benefit of direct subsidy/cash transfer scheme: it gives you freedom to have greater utility which is varied across the recipients.
	rizals.blogspot.com (861 words)

	FireSuper - About the Scheme (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Trust Deed of your scheme permits active and deferred members to make voluntary contributions to the scheme subject to the approval of the Trustees.
		The administration costs and tax payable by the scheme for each financial year to 31 March are deducted from the scheme's gross investment returns.
		Following that calculation the net interest rate is applied to all accounts, irrespective of their status, held within the scheme by all members.
	www.firesuper.co.nz /about/voluntary.html (487 words)

	Revival scheme announced for textiles - Sify.com
		In an attempt to revitalise the potentially viable textile units that are tending towards sickness, the Government on Tuesday announced a scheme that would permit banks and financial institutions to lend at 8-9 per cent per annum on their existing term loan exposure amounting to Rs 6,000 crore.
		As per the scheme, which would be effective September 15, banks and financial institutions would be permitted to access external commercial borrowings (ECBs) and convert rupee term loans into foreign currency loans.
		As regards the general guidelines of the scheme, Sisodia said that a personal guarantee by the promoters, as in steel, would be a pre-condition for the restructuring.
	sify.com /news/fullstory.php?id=13246892 (595 words)

	ED.gov
		The three years of senior secondary school are neither compulsory nor free, however 85 percent of the appropriate age cohort are provided subsidies to attend.
		One initiative with far-reaching consequences is the Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS).
		As private institutions, the DSS schools are granted greater autonomy, such as permission to determine teachers' salaries, and to select pupils.
	www.ed.gov /offices/OUS/PES/int_hong_kong.html (2734 words)

	rural godown scheme
		The Scheme has now been approved for implementation during the years 2004-05 to 2006-07, with modifications in its operational guidelines for new projects to be sanctioned after 30.09.2004.
		The modified scheme will be applicable to all new projects for construction / renovation of rural godowns in respect of which loans are sanctioned on or after 1/10/2004 upto 31/3/2007.
		The repayment schedule will be drawn on the loan amount in such a way that the total subsidy amount is adjusted after full bank loan component net of subsidy with interest is liquidated but not before 5 years from the date of disbursement of first instalment of loan.
	agmarknet.nic.in /ruralhead.htm (2493 words)

	October 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The DSS scheme was introduced in 1991, following an Education Commission recommendation that alternatives to the government and aided sectors be encouraged.
		While the majority of students in DSS schools are fee-paying, schools must set aside about half of the fees collected for funding scholarships or financial assistance schemes for economically disadvantaged students.
		Opponents of the DSS reform, such as Mr Ip Kin-yuen, from the Institute of Education, believe that DSS schools, with their very high fees, are subsided by public money and that they constitute unfair competition for their public sector counterparts.
	www.icponline.org /world_ed_news/w_ed7_01.htm (3386 words)

	Defra, UK - Farming - Common Agricultural Policy Reform - Single Payment Scheme - National Reserve
		Farmers who participated in a Scheme will need to demonstrate by reference to their scheme agreement how his production and premium receipts were adversely affected by participation in the Scheme.
		For those farmers who participated in the Scheme during part or all of the reference period, the subsidy receipts in respect of the subsidy scheme year immediately preceding the year they joined the Scheme would be compared with the average of the reference period and any difference added to the reference amount.
		However in the case of farmers who were participating in schemes for the whole of the period 1997 to 2002, the farmer's entitlements would be compared with the area average.
	www.defra.gov.uk /farm/capreform/singlepay/natreserve (5180 words)

	welcome to CIDE
		It suggested that in order to achieve a competitive edge in the Singapore economy, it is necessary for the nation to upgrade the educational level of the population by raising the median educational standard of the labour force to secondary level and by expanding opportunities for the population to receive post-secondary, polytechnic and university education.
		DSS is treated as an alternative to the public sector schools.
		The latest review of education, which began in early 1998, was conducted by EC in three phases, namely, aims of education in the twenty-first century; direction and overall framework for reforming the education system; and proposals for the reform of the education system.
	www.gseis.ucla.edu /cide/publications_story.php?id=5 (9846 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This had been preceded and followed by other pro-saffron measures like institutionalizing the scheme of free meals in temples, opposing the Archaeological Survey of India’s move to take control of the Arunachaleshwarar Temple in Tiruvannamalai and, more recently, the enactment in the assembly on steps to boost the temples’ incomes in the state.
		Jayalalithaa’s launching of a free-meal scheme in select mosques in the state did not invite the usual BJP label of “pseudo-secularist”.
		The Jayalalithaa regime has drastically slashed food subsidies, but responded to the severe drought with a free 30 kilogram supply of rice to the poorer sections of the people and farmers.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1030521/asp/opinion/story_1966811.asp (1140 words)

	Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme (PTSS) - Queensland Health
		The Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme (PTSS) provides direct assistance to patients and in some cases their carers to enable them to access specialist medical services from which they are isolated.
		A subsidy is provided to approved patients and carers (escorts) to assist in the cost of travel and accommodation to the nearest specialist medical service that is more than 50 km from the patient's nearest hospital.
		These hospitals are responsible for all aspects of patient travel, and inquiries regarding the subsidy should be directed to these facilities.
	www.health.qld.gov.au /services/community/ptss (217 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A senior government source yesterday said test cases of direct subsidies had been launched in several counties in Anhui and Jilin, but expanding the scheme would be extremely difficult because little money could be spared from the government's 30-billion yuan (28bn Hong Kong dollars) agricultural risk reserve.
		The subsidy scheme was unveiled at the top-level, two-day Central Rural Work Conference that ended in Beijing on Wednesday.
		To guarantee national food security and stabilize grain prices, Beijing has been directing farmers to sell part of their grain harvests to state agencies at a guaranteed price, which is usually higher than the market rate.
	www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de /oasien/china/service/bbc/030112.txt (5202 words)

	Report - Bus Subsidy Grant Scheme 2000-2001 and Local Transport Services Grant 2001/2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Carmarthenshire was allocated Bus Subsidy grant for the financial year 2000/2001 amounting to £484,480, which was allocated in its entirety to local service provision.
		The Authority's efforts to increase access to public transport have to some extent been frustrated by operational events and practises outside the immediate control of the Authority which are seen to reflect an underlying tension between public service and policy interests and commercial criteria.
		The service has been extended to provide direct links to the local centre of St Clears for the communities served to allow local shopping and healthcare needs to be accommodated.
	www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk /agendas/eng/SENV20010926/REP12.htm (3194 words)

	Fact Sheet: Petroleum Products Freight Subsidy Scheme (PPFSS) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Petroleum Products Freight Subsidy Scheme is funded by the Australian Government through Commonwealth grants to four states and the Northern Territory. No remote locations in Tasmania, Victoria or the ACT remain eligible under the Scheme.
		They are required to pass the benefit of the subsidy on to purchasers of the fuel.
		A registered distributor must be able to show that the benefit of the subsidy claimed was passed on to the purchaser of the fuel at the time of sale.
	www.ausindustry.gov.au /content/content.cfm?ObjectID=7AE1A3EA-87FB-4A8A-B839323528529698&L3Keyword=assistance (591 words)

	HONG KONG FACTS AND INFORMATION
		The 1998, 2000 and 2004 Legislative Council elections were seen as free, open, and widely contested, despite discontent among mainly 'pro-democratic' politicians, who contended that the functional constituency elections and the Election Committee elections (for 1998 and 2000) were undemocratic, as they consider that the electorate for these seats is too narrow.
		In winter, strong and cold winds generate from the north and cool the city; in the summer, the wind's direction reverses and brings the warm and humid air in from the south.
		Outside this system are the schools under the Direct_Subsidy_Scheme (DSS) and private international_schools, which provide an alternative to the high-pressured mainstream education in exchange for much higher tuition fees.
	www.witwik.com /Hong_Kong (5265 words)

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