Jake's ViewBusiness is city's biggest welfare recipient
Perhaps Mr Lau knows exactly what he means by "welfarism", but he did not grace us with this knowledge and all I can do is fall back on the dictionary, which defines welfarism as the principles or policies associated with a welfare state.
[Federation of Hong Kong Industries chairman Stanley Lau Chin-ho] said that only by sending its own representatives to Legco could the business sector truly express its views.
"It is very hard for businessmen to run in a direct election, as they do not support welfarism, which attracts votes," he told the South China Morning Post.
I have my reservations about giving names that end in ism to abstract concepts. Too often they indicate that the speaker does not like something but has not thought about it closely enough to give it an exact definition.
Perhaps Mr Lau knows exactly what he means by "welfarism", but he did not grace us with this knowledge and all I can do is fall back on the dictionary, which defines welfarism as the principles or policies associated with a welfare state.
The dictionary also defines welfare state but we won't bother. I ask you only to imagine what would be the result in this town of a referendum that poses the question: "Do you favour the adoption of a welfare state?"