Means Test

7 Dec 2012

The government's proposed Old Age Living Allowance has still not been approved because some lawmakers on the finance committee demand the scrapping of a means test.

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Lawmakers move 110 motions to delay debate on old-age allowance

17 Nov 2012

Lawmakers used delaying tactics for more than five hours yesterday to block approval of the government's proposed old-age living allowance.

4:23AM

Democrats push for vote on old age allowance

16 Nov 2012

Lawmakers from across the political spectrum were hoping for quick passage of the proposed new allowance for elderly people, as they got ready to begin a six-hour meeting on the issue on Friday...

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Letters to the Editor, November 15, 2012

15 Nov 2012

All African elephants under threat

I refer to the letter from Charlie Lim, of the Marine Products Association ("Differentiating legal and illegal trade", November 3).

2:35AM

Pass old-age allowance to help those in need

1 Nov 2012

About 400,000 of the city's poorest elderly face missing out for a month on a new special old-age allowance of HK$2,200 because the government and lawmakers have failed to narrow differences that...

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Why must elderly poor wait longer while allowance is fine-tuned?

29 Oct 2012

Why, I ask, are we trying to hold off giving money - albeit a small amount and not nearly enough - to the elderly poor? The government's proposed Old Age Living Allowance that would give HK$2,200...

12:53AM

Opinion

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

4:13PM

Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

3:35AM

Old age welfare 'all about dignity' says ex-sailor

Ideas on allowances and pensions for the elderly have been tossed around and taken apart by politicians and academics.

But for Chiu See-poon, a former sailor who worked for 54 years before...

4:59AM

Vote on old age allowance deferred to sidestep showdown

Legco's vote on the HK$2,200 old age allowance is due to be deferred by the government after pan-democrats threatened to force an adjournment.

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Letters to the Editor, October 25, 2012

Loss of panel positions bad for democracy

Under the Basic Law, Hong Kong should be making gradual and orderly progress towards democracy.

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Letters to the Editor, October 24, 2012

Means test is part of prudent budget policies

I share Bess Tsang's view that the means test for the proposed HK$2,200-a-month old age subsidy should not be abolished ("Why means test must...

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Letters to the Editor, October 23, 2012

Government is committed to cleaner air

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WELFARE

Support grows for Leung's old age allowance scheme

The government appears to have won crucial support for its monthly HK$2,200 Old Age Living Allowance schemeafter the biggest pro-establishment party softened its stance yesterday, saying it would...

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