https://www.scmp.com/rss/142075/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com After years of discussion and so-called consultation with academics and advisers, the latest batch of policy overhauls announced in the 2017 policy address on retirement protection and elderly care come as a disappointment. The reasons are threefold. Forgoing a universal pension system, the government will instead add another tier to the Old Age Living Allowance. This means recipients whose assets are less than HK$144,000 will be eligible for a payout of HK$3,435 a month, HK$940 more than... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2063307/retirement-policies-2017-policy-address-fail-key-objective?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2063307/retirement-policies-2017-policy-address-fail-key-objective?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Jan 2017 15:27:29 +0000 THE POOR IN Hong Kong would be worse off if it wasn't for Wong Hung-sang. For the past two decades, he has tirelessly championed the cause of the less fortunate, working to give them shelter and food, and to ease their suffering in a society where people are used to thinking about themselves first. Mr Wong never set out to be a social worker. It was during his first job as assistant officer at the Correctional Services Department, then known as the Prisons Department, that he realised he... https://www.scmp.com/article/518489/helping-hand-needy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/518489/helping-hand-needy?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Sep 2005 16:00:00 +0000 From 1952, I worked in small Chinese newspapers; the ones printed on one sheet, meaning each edition consisted of just four pages. Some were notorious, such as the Hung Luk Pao (the Red Green Daily) and Chiu Yin Pao. They were called 'pocket newspapers' because they were easily folded and stuffed into pockets if someone approached and you didn't want to be seen reading a naughty sheet. I also worked for 'mosquito papers' - news sheets that appeared unannounced and disappeared a couple of days... https://www.scmp.com/article/415957/wong-hung-cheung?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/415957/wong-hung-cheung?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 18 May 2003 16:00:00 +0000