Retirement protection

Public will be consulted on pension, say ministers

11 May 2013

With radical lawmakers mounting a filibuster of the budget bill to press the case for a universal pension scheme, government ministers yesterday said the public would be consulted soon on a...

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One in three old people in Hong Kong are living below the poverty line

27 Jan 2013

The Hong Kong Council of Social Service, which has been tracking poverty in the city for 13 years, says the poverty problem will get even more acute unless it is tackled with long-term plans. The...

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Letters to the Editor, November 8, 2012

8 Nov 2012

Former top official being unfair to city

Comments made by Lu Ping, former director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, are unfair to the city ("Love China or leave it, says Lu Ping...

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Hong Kong's old folk get raw deal

7 Nov 2012

I refer to your editorial ("Quit stalling on old-age plan", November 1) and join you in urging lawmakers to pass the bill on the Old Age Living Allowance to help the poor elderly in Hong Kong, but...

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How far should government intervention go to reduce poverty?

30 Oct 2012

The Old Age Living Allowance comes out of good intentions - the new government wants to do something to help our elderly living in poverty.

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Poverty commission must make most vulnerable their priority

24 Oct 2012

The preparatory task force for a Commission on Poverty has been working since July on the terms of reference and composition of the revived commission. Oxfam Hong Kong hopes the new commission...

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Opinion

Wang Xiangwei

Placating graduates a work in progress

5:24AM

George Chen

For HSBC, the first love is apparently not the deepest

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Hong Kong workers to get control of their MPF cash

Employees unhappy with returns on their Mandatory Provident Fund have the opportunity from next month to choose their provider. But the system is still far from perfect.

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