Old-age allowance

Getting facts on poverty is crucial first step

4 Feb 2013

Governments need facts and figures to do the job of governing properly. Hong Kong's lack of an officially recognised poverty line has meant that the poor are prone to fall through cracks in our...

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Elderly allowance bypasses filibuster

8 Dec 2012

About 290,000 elderly residents in need may receive a new monthly allowance of HK$2,200 from April after the administration executed what critics said was a carefully devised tactic in Legco that...

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Letters to the Editor, December 5, 2012

5 Dec 2012

Legco needs to focus on election reform

As a former legislative councillor, I find it difficult nowadays to explain to visiting friends that the legislature is becoming unbalanced because...

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Abusing both democracy and the elderly poor

21 Nov 2012

Hong Kong is ready for democracy, you say? Go tell that to the 400,000 impoverished senior citizens who struggle daily to survive. Democracy has derailed immediate government relief for them,...

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City Digest, November 12, 2012

12 Nov 2012

HK$787,000 haul for Mid-Levels burglars

Burglars escaped with cash and valuables worth HK$787,000 after ransacking three flats at All Fit Garden in Bonham Road, Mid-Levels, on Saturday...

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City Digest, November 10, 2012

10 Nov 2012

Two more jailed for acid attack on barrister

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

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City Digest, November 7, 2012

Misleading internet ad earns HK$300,000 fine

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Lawmakers move to delay old-age allowance scheme

The row over the old-age allowance came to a head on Thursday, as opposition lawmakers sought to block its progress as the chief secretary offered them more time to discuss the scheme.

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I'll say it again: payout for all elderly is lunacy

Public Eye has never wavered from speaking out for Hong Kong's needy.

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Letters to the Editor, October 14, 2012

Insight on Diaoyus from both sides

I refer to Minnie Chan's article "Rules of diplomatic game broken" (September 29) in the context of Teddy Ng's article "Japan's PM calls for meeting over...

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Democrat disagrees with waiving old-age allowance means test

Democratic Party member Law Chi-kwong has criticised his own party and its Legco allies for calling on the government to waive a means test for a new old-age allowance, suggesting that it was a...

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CY should stand firm on means test for old-age allowance

Means testing of elderly entitlements is a sensitive issue involving respect for age and social equity.

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