2 yuan ride discount ︱ Suspected that the implementation is too slow Luo Zhiguang: Change the card without a beep

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Written by: Lin Jian

2021-01-11 15:49

Last update date: 2021-01-11 15:49

The Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Law Chi-kwong, attended the meeting of the Legislative Council Committee on Welfare Services today (January 11) and announced that the $2 public transport concession will be extended to people 60 to 64 years old as soon as the first quarter of 2022. Famous establishment members questioned the slow implementation.

Li Huiqiong, Chairman of the DAB, and Zheng Yongshun, a member of the party’s legislative council, interviewed Luo Zhiguang on a live broadcast today on social networking sites to ask for more details.

Luo Zhiguang said that the bureau has expedited the implementation of measures as much as possible, but it is always necessary to balance the affordability of public finances and prevent abuse. Once people between 60 and 64 years old are allowed to use the bearer Octopus to enjoy preferential treatment, it will be very difficult to strengthen supervision in the future.

Luo Zhiguang (middle) is interviewed by Li Huiqiong and Zheng Yongshun.

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Luo Zhiguang mentioned that as early as 2019, the government has conducted a review of the 2 yuan ride concession. It will not be implemented until the first quarter of 2022. It mainly involves some important processes, such as hardware and software changes, to ensure that new equipment meets system standards. Requirements, some jobs cannot be synchronized.

Luo Zhiguang continued to point out that when these technical details are completed, the new Octopus can be issued to the 600,000 new beneficiaries.

Among them, it takes several months to improve the system, and it takes another 5 to 7 months for 600,000 elderly to apply for a new card. It also points out that the government aims to phase out the current bearer elder Octopus by 2024 and replace it with a personal Octopus to strengthen monitoring. .

Luo Zhiguang described: "It's not easy to do work with a beep."

Luo Zhiguang pointed out that there are about 1.32 million people over the age of 65, but there are more than 4 million bearer elder Octopus cards. Although it cannot be said that the extra cards are abused, the government must always monitor and ensure that public funds are used properly. Therefore, it is necessary to implement the personal Octopus first, and it is pointed out that once people aged 60 to 64 are allowed to use the bearer Octopus to enjoy the preferential treatment, it will be very difficult to "turn around" to strengthen monitoring in the future.

He pointed out that compared with other countries or regions that are comparable to Hong Kong, the abuse rate of this type of senior car concession is about "two percent."

If it is left to the Hong Kong government, if the loopholes are not plugged in time, the public funds will be over 100 million yuan in vain every year due to abuse, so the government must deal with it as soon as possible.

Luo Zhiguang said frankly that the government only completed the review of relevant policies at the end of last year.

When the Chief Executive announced the relaxation of preferential treatment at the beginning of last year, it was a "very short-term decision." When it is really implemented, more issues need to be considered.

Li Huiqiong said that almost every day residents in the area ask when the 60-year-old car discount will be implemented.

She questioned that the policy review was completed at the end of last year, and it will take some time to implement it. However, the Chief Executive announced the relaxation of the policy as early as January last year. "The people don't want to watch it. You will talk about it first when you are too late."

The government announced that it would implement a 2 yuan car discount for 60 to 64 years old as soon as the first quarter of next year. Some establishments questioned it too slowly.

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Recalling the 5,000 yuan allowance chaos: the consequences of publishing without details are very serious

Li Huiqiong and Zheng Yongshun also asked about a number of livelihood policies, including standardization of elderly living allowances, temporary unemployment assistance measures, and optimization of working family allowances.

Among them, it mentioned temporary unemployment assistance. The government has not responded to cross-party requests to introduce unemployment assistance under the epidemic.

Luo Zhiguang explained that the government will always consider the opinions of the public, but it should not be announced casually without careful consideration of how it will be implemented and the additional effects after implementation, otherwise the consequences will be serious.

For example, he pointed out that the government announced in early December that it would provide a 5,000 yuan subsidy to people whose income was reduced by the new crown pneumonia. This was in itself at the request of major societies, but once it was announced, the community’s response was one-sided criticism. Some even threatened to "exchange saliva infection to receive allowance."

If the government has not thought through the details, it rushes to roll out unemployment benefits. In the end, there will be overwhelming criticisms, and people will start to think of ways to take advantage of the benefits.

He smiled bitterly and said: "Understand that we are a society." Luo Zhiguang also pointed out that there is no unemployment assistance system anywhere in the world, and there is no need for contributions or asset checks. The government must consider the long-term impact.

Li Huiqiong said that when the government was asked about unemployment assistance last year, it always rejected it. The Secretary "not related" this time, only that there are practical problems that have not been resolved. He is happy to see that the Secretary has also listened to the opinions of various parties.

She pointed out that the issue of asset review can be discussed and she hopes to discuss it with the government carefully in the future.

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