Social Security

2 Apr 2013

Executive councillor Bernard Chan has urged the government to reveal how much a universal pension scheme would cost taxpayers, a move he says is needed to assist public debate.

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A sensible step towards a just society

18 Feb 2013

In every nation there are people who have more than others, but on the mainland the gap is worryingly wide. Leaders have long been mindful of the need to lessen the divide, their efforts spurred...

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Indonesian workers protest against benefits tax

22 Nov 2012

Thousands of Indonesian workers have taken to the streets to protest against low wages and having to pay for social security services.

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Old people's welfare a top priority, Carrie Lam says

13 Oct 2012

Retirement protection will receive attention from top echelons of the government under a new working group to be chaired by Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, she said yesterday.

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Fraudsters cost social security fund 1.7b yuan

3 Aug 2012

A national audit has uncovered social security fund fraud involving 1.7 billion yuan (HK$2.09 billion) and more than 300 people.

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Help for elderly must not end at stopgap measures

27 Jul 2012

The week before last, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying announced an interim package of welfare measures. Perhaps inevitably, some critics claimed it was just an attempt to divert attention from the...

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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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End small-house policy, says Lam

The candidate favoured to become the next chief secretary is calling for an end to what some see as the infinite demand from rural indigenous villagers for homes under the small-house policy.

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The real prize of a wage rise is lower jobless rate

'When we hear unions promoting a fight for HK$33 or HK$35 [hourly wage], I would like to ask if nowadays there is any sort of job that would see an 18 per cent increase every two years.'

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New policy still fluid

Foreign nationals working on the mainland are now required to pay social security tax, but there is still confusion over the interpretation and implementation of the new policy, which became...

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Working poor miss out on budget help

John Tsang Chun-wah may be congratulating himself on having delivered a budget which is the envy of finance ministers the world over.

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Progress seen in expat social security scheme

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said yesterday a new law that requires expatriate workers on the mainland to make social security payments was proceeding 'in an orderly...

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Minimum wages rise by average of 22pc

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security says 24 provincial or regional governments have raised minimum wages by an average of 22 per cent this year amid official concerns over social...

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