Allowance

11 Dec 2012

Crushed by an austerity squeeze and towering unemployment, millions of Europeans joined the ranks of the newly poor this year in a crisis that showed no mercy for the old, women or children.

2:55AM

Spread too thinly, old age allowance cannot reach HK elderly in need

9 Oct 2012

Alleviation of poverty among the elderly ranks highly on the government's agenda. To implement his election manifesto, the chief executive has announced a plan to introduce a new old-age living...

3:47AM

Allowances for local jockeys should continue

17 Nov 2010

Howard Cheng Yue-tin's strong form in recent times has more than one expatriate rider asking whether the time has come for a cap on just how long local jockeys receive an allowance.

3:45PM

Let's cherish the elderly

26 Oct 2010

The issue of looking after the elderly has again been in the limelight recently. It was reported that some elderly people who have been living outside Hong Kong are not allowed to claim their old-...

5:47PM

Be generous to those who helped build HK

28 Sep 2010

Respect for the elderly is a principle and value which is deservedly ingrained in the conscience of a large majority of Hongkongers.

8:08PM

Call for subsidised after-school activities as parents feel pinch

27 Aug 2010

A scheme to subsidise extra-curricular activities for children from needy families has been urged after polls found that buying school uniforms and textbooks was already too heavy a financial...

9:59AM

Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

1:26AM

Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

Stopover allowance part of pay, Cathay appeal told

Allowances paid to cover airline flight attendants' expenses during their stays overseas between flights are part of their wages and should be taken into account in calculating their holiday pay,...

6:22AM

Legislators must be honest about expenses

Lawmakers should be community role models. We should have no reason to doubt their honesty and integrity. Allowances they are given to carry out their work must be spent for the purposes for which...

12:10AM

Tracking your expenses

Imagine a basketball match: teams score hoops, they run from one side to the other. But the scoreboard does not work.

1:33AM

Fruit money

The chief executive has decided to raise the old-age allowance from HK$705 to HK$1,000 a month. Is this enough to meet the needs of some elderly people who have no other source of income? Write to...

4:18AM

Boost for elderly

In his policy address the chief executive said the old-age allowance may be increased to HK$1,000. Do you support this proposal and agree that means-testing of pensioners should be introduced?...

4:17AM

'I paid my taxes - why can't I get fruit money?'

Lam Cho-lam, a retired policeman, strongly objects to the government's plan to introduce a means test for the old age allowance.

11:32AM