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The increase in the number of substantiated cases of social welfare fraud in recent years was partly due to greater public awareness, labour minister Matthew Cheung Kin-chung said yesterday. In the 2007/08 financial year there were 960 substantiated fraud cases involving more than HK$45.4 million. There were 896 such cases in 2006/07 involving more than HK$50 million. And in 2005/06 there were 764 cases involving more than HK$47 million.
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