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Author: Sha Banshan
2020-06-16 09:47
Last update date: 2020-06-16 10:11With the gradual stabilization of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, the Hong Kong government intends to further relax the current epidemic prevention measures. According to the news, under the current regulations of restaurants, the measure of a table with a maximum of 8 people will be relaxed to seat 12 people at a table, and the requirement to maintain a distance of 1.5 meters between food tables will remain unchanged. The new measures are expected to be announced within the day to facilitate the public to go out for dinner on Father's Day and revitalize the restaurant business.
[09:48] The Chief Executive, Lin Zhengyue, found at the opening that he first explained the progress of the first phase of the employment program of the Anti-Epidemic and Anti-epidemic Fund Protection Program. A total of 168,799 employer applications were received, and 259,860 applications from self-employed people.
The government initially estimated that there were 270,000 eligible employers, but after deducting some catering industry employers to apply for additional industry type subsidies, and excluding some applications that have both MPF and occupational retirement scheme accounts, the latest assessment of the number of eligible employers is 256,000 , Received applications accounted for 66% of eligible employers, about two-thirds.
In addition, the government has issued a total of about 4.8 billion yuan in wage subsidies to the first 25,500 employers. In the second batch of applications, there are 34,000 employers, 98% of which are small and medium-sized enterprises, and a total of 6.6 billion yuan in wage subsidies can be obtained. They will start notification tomorrow and receive payment in the next few days. The second batch of 30,000 self-employed persons can apply for a total of 225 million yuan in subsidies, and also receive funding at the same time.
Lin Zhengyue said that the applications completed in the above two batches totaled 59,500 employers, involving 490,000 employees and involving a total wage subsidy of 11.4 billion yuan. In other words, each beneficiary employee can receive an average wage subsidy of RMB 23,200 from June to August, which is close to the government's ceiling of no more than $9,000 per month in wage subsidies for each employee. She believes that the plan is "used several times".
Lin Zheng said that in the future, the government will complete other applications received in the first phase as soon as possible, involving 110,000 employers and more than 200,000 self-employed persons. Secondly, it will announce the list of the first batch of employers who have received guaranteed employment wage subsidies next week. In the future, the list of each batch of employers will be published online. She urged members of the public not to treat employers with a stigmatized attitude, saying that they applied in times of hardship to cope with the hardships of employees. In addition, the government will also conduct random checks on agents of employment protection schemes to verify the authenticity of information provided by employers. Finally, she revealed The second phase of application covers the period from September to November this year. The government strives to start accepting applications in July or early August this year.
Lin Zhengyue. (Photo/Photo by Lu Yiming)
Last Tuesday (9th), Chief Executive Lin Zhengyue has stated that, according to the ongoing stable epidemic situation and the increasing amount of virus detection, it is expected that some social distance measures can be further relaxed later, and under the premise of controllable risks, gradually Cancel the entry restrictions and the 14-day compulsory quarantine regulations.
It is reported that the Executive Council will discuss arrangements for relaxing the restrictions today, and will then adjust the epidemic prevention measures and announce the relaxation of the maximum number of people on the same table in the catering premises from the current eight to twelve, while other regulations remain largely unchanged.
The government last announced that it would relax the government’s anti-epidemic measures on May 5. It was just before Mother’s Day on May 10. After the introduction of the measures, many families were facilitated to eat out on Mother's Day. As for the discussion of the relevant measures on June 16, this time, just before the following Sunday (21st) Father's Day, it is expected that it will further facilitate the family dining out that night.
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