10th Anniversary of the Child Development Matching Fund

Politics

Written by: Zheng Baosheng

2020-01-07 22:27

The 10th Anniversary of the Child Development Matching Fund has been supporting the government's "Child Development Fund" youth poverty alleviation policy, providing young people with savings matching funds every year, and promoting important messages for the next generation in society.

The fund organizes a "Christmas Carol Festival" every Christmas to raise matching savings for grassroots youth. The 2019 event is held from December 8 to 24.

Citizens at the Christmas Carol Festival participate in more online fundraising

Although many shopping malls cancelled public performances, reducing the opportunity for public fundraising this year, 5,000 citizens still participated in more than 120 public carol performances. In addition to different groups, schools and business enterprises, participants also included Many music groups and employees of the Hong Kong Observatory.

In addition, more than 4,000 people chanted online this year, and more than 1,000 of them participated in online carol competitions to support fundraising.

Match with Child Development Fund to help young people save

Youths participating in the Child Development Fund savings plan save 200 yuan per month, and the Child Development Matching Fund will be matched by 200 yuan more. In addition, the government will increase the matching fund by 200 yuan, and the reserve will be 14,400 yuan in two years. Development.

Revisiting Child Development Matching Fund Activities ↓

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Provide work experience to help build interpersonal and workplace networks

Chen Gongying, Chairman of the Child Development Matching Fund, thanked the enthusiastic support from all walks of life. He also pointed out that in recent years the fund has taken a two-pronged approach. In addition to helping young people at the grass-roots level develop habits of savings, financial management and planning, they also cooperate with the business community to open up opportunities for young people. The fund is designed for young people over the age of 16 according to their personal interests and potentials to arrange work experience in the workplace for at least one week, to allow young people to reach the society early, to establish interpersonal and workplace networks, to equip them for the future, and to get rid of poverty in the long run.

The poor population exceeded 1.4 million, and the government and society settled

Chen Gongweiying also said that she is very concerned about the poor population in Hong Kong reaching 1.406 million people. She believes that the government and all sectors of the community should work together to resolve the disparity between the rich and the poor in Hong Kong, and face up to the fact that the youth poverty rate has risen to 9.3%, and the poor youth population is as high as 90,000. She hopes to expand the coverage of the Child Development Fund to benefit more young people at the grassroots level.

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