Political situation
Written by: Zheng Baosheng
2020-06-16 19:48
Date of last update: 2020-06-16 19:48The government announced the latest unemployment rate has risen to 5.9%, the highest level in 15 years, 230,000 people have been unemployed, and the underemployment rate has also risen to 3.5%, close to the highest level in 17 years, 135,000 people have been underemployed for a long time.
Zheng Yongshun, a member of the DAB Legislative Council, described the situation as serious and worried that the unemployment rate would continue to rise. He hoped to meet with government officials as soon as possible to discuss support measures.
There are loopholes in the employment protection plan and hope to meet with officials as soon as possible to discuss
Zheng Yongshun was very worried about the unemployment situation, saying that some citizens said it was difficult to find a job. In the case of underemployment, the salary received is not enough to support life. I hope the government will take it seriously and introduce more effective and appropriate measures.
He agrees with the government’s employment protection plan and believes that it will be effective, but there are many comments that there are loopholes. For example, many plans have failed to protect self-employed people in the past. He hopes to meet with government officials at the end of June to review employment protection and support. policy.
The New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic still affects the economic environment, and the unemployment rate in Hong Kong rose to 5.9%. (Profile picture)
Unemployment assistance payments are not disappointing, emphasize short-term assistance
The DAB has already proposed unemployment assistance, but the government has not yet introduced it. Zheng Yongshun is disappointing because the DAB believes that this is a direct method of assisting the unemployed and hopes that the government will actively consider it.
The government’s previous response stated that there were “several pillars” such as CSSA, but in fact it is difficult to apply for CSSA and it has a label effect. There are also examples of foreign countries successfully introducing unemployment assistance, emphasizing that this is short-term support such as 3 months. Let the citizens get through the difficulties.
As for the working family allowance scheme, Zheng Yongshun described it as a very good direction, but hopes that the hourly threshold can be lowered and the amount of allowance can be increased.
The government said it would provide 30,000 jobs, and Zheng said that he has been asking where the jobs came from, but he has only seen a small number of jobs. He hopes that the government will provide more numbers, related types of jobs and job search methods.
The DAB hopes that the economic stimulus plan will be launched when the epidemic has stabilized. Since Sunday, he can apply for a cash allowance of 10,000 yuan. Zheng Yongshun is concerned about whether this money can be spent on consumption by small and medium-sized merchants, hoping for more public promotion.
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