An overwhelming majority of Legislative Council election candidates from across the political spectrum have vowed to lobby the government for a universal pension scheme.
This emerged from a poll conducted by a group lobbying for such a scheme who believe the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance scheme and Old Age Allowance are not enough to cater for Hong Kong's ageing population.
The Alliance for Universal Pension also petitioned Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying on the issue before yesterday's Executive Council meeting.
Early this month the alliance sent 271 questionnaires to every candidate in the functional and geographical constituencies.
Of the 212 who responded, more than 90 per cent vowed to fully support the introduction of a universal pension scheme.
"After the election next month, we will remind newly-elected legislators to live up to their promises, and push for the government to follow up on the matter as soon as possible," alliance organiser Au Yeung Kwun-tung said.