Middle Class

John Tsang's confused middle-class claim

4 Mar 2013

This middle-class debate - an offshoot of the government budget unveiled last week - is a good one. Is Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah a member of our middle class? Truth be told, there is...

A Good Week for … , March 3, 2013

3 Mar 2013

Rejoice! Middle-class Hongkongers are richer than was previously thought. Thanks to Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah, we now know a salary of HK$300,000 is not too much to be considered...

Piercing Tsang's 'middle class' delusion

2 Mar 2013

So John Tsang Chun-wah lives a frugal lifestyle, drinks tea and watches French movies. Good for him, but that does not make him middle class.

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Hong Kong's middle-class need help, not coffee

1 Mar 2013

John Tsang Chun-wah risks turning himself into an object of ridicule for his remarks over the middle class. With a monthly pay of HK$368,220 and numerous properties here and overseas, the finance...

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Price of entry to middle class? Coffee and tickets to French movies - finance secretary

1 Mar 2013

Never mind how much you earn - even if it is more than HK$300,000 a month as a top government official - if you drink coffee and watch French movies, you're middle class. That was the definition...

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Tsang's tax relief won't go very far for middle class, critics say

The middle class will benefit from a "one-off" basket of relief measures, with more than 1.5 million taxpayers receiving a salaries tax rebate of up to HK$10,000. Other measures proposed by...

John Tsang's big problem is how to hide Hong Kong's cash

Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah was up to his usual tricks with the budget yesterday. His overriding problem is how to hide the oodles of cash that flow into the government coffers.

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Letters to the Editor, February 26, 2013

I do not agree that one way to help young people who are desperately hunting for affordable housing is to accommodate them in shipping containers stacked beneath flyovers.

BUDGET

Call for budget to look ahead and spend more on the young

Tax rebates may be the fastest way to help relieve the financial burden on the middle class, but the budget should reflect better planning, including making spending on the younger generation a...

Budget must watch out for Hong Kong's middle class

We have become a pear-shaped society, with a swollen lower class and a shrinking middle class, the former trapped by impotent rage and the latter resigned to their fate in which the Hong Kong...

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