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Written by: Ruimin Zhai
2020-02-26 15:50
Last updated: 2020-02-26 15:50The "Budget" was announced today. The Financial Secretary, Chen Maobo, has introduced a number of measures to deal with the economic downturn in the Wuhan pneumonia epidemic.
The constitutional party's "Budget" has both support and dissatisfaction, while the democrats have criticized the measures as failing to benefit the grassroots citizens affected by unemployment.
Zhang Chaoxiong proposes to set up 30 billion unemployment benefits
Labour ’s Zhang Chaoxiong criticized the “Budget” this time as a government that “lost the people ’s trust” to “send sugar to protect the hearts of the people”, but the citizens can only “sweet for a while and continue to be in trouble”. Zhang Chaoxiong also expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that the money sent by the entire population did not benefit the new immigrants. He believed that the new immigrants living in the mortuaries were the most affected by the epidemic. The high unemployment rate and the insufficient start of wage earners also brought some pressure to the grassroots. 30 billion yuan in unemployment assistance is paid up to 16,000 yuan per month to the grassroots who are unemployed due to the epidemic.
Shao Jiazhen scolds money only to compensate for failure to deal with the epidemic
In the social welfare sector, Shao Jiazhen blame the government for compensating for "the failure of customs clearance, the incompetence and inaction of quarantine, etc.", and also believes that the government has not helped the grassroots affected by unemployment; it also refers to the "Budget" as the police The biggest winner was the social welfare recurrent expenditure which only increased by 26% in two years, and the police force has increased by nearly 25% in one year.
Accountant Liang Jichang (middle) said that the government should pay attention to the growth rate of recurrent expenditure should not be too high. (Photo by Yu Junliang)
Mo Naiguang suggests supporting the training of talents in the I & T sector
Accountant Liang Jichang said that the government should pay attention to the growth rate of recurrent expenditure should not be too high. In the information technology industry, Mo Naiguang believes that the policy on innovation and technology is aimed only at companies and not individuals, and it is recommended that the government provide 5,000 yuan per person for further education to support talent training in the innovation and technology sector. He also quoted news that the government intends to use online banking channels to send money to citizens, which he welcomes.
Ye Jianyuan: Funding for medical education projects in universities should be restarted
The education industry Ye Jianyuan proposed that this year ’s new education policy and recurrent expenditure are very small. The epidemic made the public feel the importance of medical research and training in universities. The government should re-send funding for medical education projects in universities and re-submit to the Finance Committee for review. .
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Li Guolin questioned medical measures are old
Regarding the "Budget" mentioning the need to "share the difficulties with the people", Li Guolin of the health service industry questioned that the "difficulty" was "treacherous", and most of the medical-related measures were old; he also urged the Hospital Authority to expeditiously Explain how the 8.5 billion yuan allocated, including the continuous epidemic prevention and anti-epidemic fund, will be used.
Chen Pei-ran of the medical profession quoted the Budget as saying, "The University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University have been allocated about 180 million yuan in 18/19 to carry out short-term renovation and facility upgrade projects, and strengthen medical professional training." Remind the government to draw up three major funding applications as early as last November, and urge the government to resubmit the bill to the Legislative Council for review as soon as possible.
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