Politics
Written by: Ruimin Zhai
2020-02-14 19:29
Last updated: 2020-02-14 19:38The outbreak of pneumonia in Wuhan caused by the new coronavirus continues. The government announced the establishment of a 10 billion yuan epidemic prevention fund at the beginning of the month to provide support to employees and employers affected by the epidemic, but no details have been provided.
Chief Executive Lin Zheng Yue'e held a press conference this evening (14th) to explain in detail the use of the fund, including assisting various industries to avoid large-scale failures and layoffs, and granting 80,000 yuan subsidies to travel agencies, restaurants and retail companies; citizens Low-income families will receive a one-off of 6,000 yuan each, and the student study allowance will be increased from 2,500 yuan to 3,500 yuan to make up for the extra expenses of home tuition. Lin Zheng called on members of the Legislative Council to approve funding as soon as possible so that citizens can get help quickly.
At the beginning of the month, the government announced the establishment of a 10 billion yuan epidemic prevention and anti-epidemic fund to provide support to employees and employers affected by the epidemic. (Photo by Lu Yiming)
Lin Zheng said earlier that a 10 billion yuan epidemic prevention and anti-epidemic fund will be established to increase efforts to assist affected industries in the face of economic downturn. Details are announced today, as follows:
1. Strengthen the city's epidemic prevention
Lin Zheng pointed out that as the epidemic situation is still severe, truncating the chain of infection is the primary goal. It will continue to strengthen the public's awareness of epidemic prevention and increase the supply of epidemic prevention supplies, including:
Continue to invest in global procurement to encourage local mask production, proactively contact and fund private manufacturers interested in developing local production lines to fund the development and production of reusable masks
In addition, to ensure that the anti-epidemic work can be continued, the foundation has allocated funds to improve the efficiency of medical care and quarantine work:
Distribute an additional 4.7 billion yuan to the HA to enhance the electronic surveillance system for home quarantine and increase the efficiency of distributing outbreak information to the public via SMS
The government will continue to purchase masks globally. (Profile picture)
2. Support industries and employees affected by the outbreak
The fund will also provide support to all industries affected by the epidemic to avoid large-scale closures and layoffs:
A one-off grant to the construction industry and workers to strengthen the epidemic prevention equipment on the site. A 26,000 yuan epidemic prevention allowance is provided to public and private property management companies in Hong Kong, including an additional 1,000 per month for cleaners and security during the epidemic. The subsidy of RMB 1,000 is also applicable to front-line cleaners and security guards who work for the government. It will provide a subsidy of RMB 6,000 to residents of Foyang Junyang Village and Fanling Huiming Village for granting 80,000 yuan to travel agencies. 200,000 and 80,000 yuan will be distributed in restaurants and snack stalls, respectively, and 80,000 yuan in subsidies will be given to the retail industry; however, Lin Zheng said that he still needs to study how to define which retail industries should be eligible for immediate assistance to the convention, exhibition, cultural and creative industries, Funding for training institutions working with the Retraining Board
A total of 26,000 yuan in epidemic prevention subsidies were issued to public and private property management companies in Hong Kong, including an additional monthly subsidy of $ 1,000 for cleaners and security during the epidemic. (Profile picture)
3. Support the grassroots affected by the shutdown
To provide funding for self-financing and subsidized kindergartens and child care centres, the Education Bureau will also provide additional funding to kindergartens in Hong Kong. To meet the extra expenses during home study, increase the learning allowance from 2019 to 2020 from $ 2,500 to $ 3,500. 200,000 low-income families provide 5,000 yuan subsidy without review
Lin Zheng pointed out to the Chairman of the Legislative Council Finance Committee Chen Jianbo that a special meeting will be held next week to discuss emergency funds allocated to the fund of not less than 20 billion yuan in order to respond quickly to changes in the epidemic. She also appealed to all After Members of the Legislative Council have completed their inquiries, the funding can be passed as soon as possible so that citizens can get help quickly. Lam Cheng also said that other economic benefits to the people will be announced in the Budget by the Financial Secretary, Chen Maobo.
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