New crown pneumonia｜FTU survey: Nearly half of the interviewees are unemployed

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Written by: Wu Zhuoan

2020-09-17 13:54

Last update date: 2020-09-17 13:59

The new crown pneumonia epidemic continues. The government will announce the latest unemployment rate from June to August this afternoon.

The Federation of Trade Unions interviewed 1,490 people through questionnaires from 12 to 16 this month. Nearly 50% of the interviewees said they are currently unemployed, and more than half of them have been unemployed for more than half a year.

Deng Jiabiao, a labor representative of the LAB and the Director-General of Kowloon East of the Federation of Trade Unions, pointed out that the figures reflect the serious problem of long-term unemployment. Deng, who is a member of the Poverty Alleviation Committee, criticized the government's insufficient poverty alleviation work. He also pointed out that the new session of the Poverty Alleviation Association had not started since July. One moment.

(Provided by the Federation of Trade Unions)

Nearly half of the respondents were unemployed for more than half a year

Deng Jiabiao, who is in charge of the investigation, said that the questionnaire was sent out through the trade union, regional and personal platforms of the Federation of Trade Unions, and 1,490 people were interviewed.

49% of the interviewees said they had unemployment problems, and more than half of them had been unemployed for more than half a year. Those who were unemployed for more than 10 months to one year and one year or more accounted for 6% and 7% of the total respondents respectively.

In addition, 78% of the respondents indicated that their income has decreased in the past month, 14% of the respondents indicated that their income has decreased by 10% to 20%, 15% of the respondents have decreased their income by 30% to 40%, and 17% of the respondents have decreased their income by more than 50%. , And those with no income at all are as high as 32%.

Lu Chung-hsiung, a member of the Legislative Council of the Federation of Trade Unions, said that the figures are very worrying and believe that the public is pessimistic about the prospects.

Deng Jiabiao pointed out that the figures reflect the serious problem of long-term unemployment and are similar to the "Quarterly Statistical Report on Comprehensive Household Surveys" of the Comprehensive Household Survey.

Deng Jiabiao pointed out that the unemployment rate announced by the government is lagging and there are problems in the design of the problem. He pointed out that if the unemployment rate announced today does not change significantly, the government should not be complacent. "Many people are under-employed and tighten the salt water."

Deng criticized the government for inadequate poverty alleviation work. He also pointed out that after the new Poverty Alleviation Association started in July, it had not held a meeting. He also pointed out that Zhang Jianzong, as the chairman of the Poverty Alleviation Committee, was "a far cry from courage" compared with the former chairman Carrie Lam. New tricks and research are scarce. They only talk about housing and help the elderly buy computers. They don’t focus on the overall poverty alleviation work."

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Promote the maximum unemployment cash allowance of $9,000

The Federation of Trade Unions put forward a number of recommendations, including reducing the application for unemployment CSSA, immediately introducing unemployment or suspension cash allowances with a ceiling of 9,000 yuan and a period of 6 months, and formulating a comprehensive unemployment assistance system.

The survey also asked whether the respondents agreed that the health code can promote the flow of people, logistics and help economic recovery. 71% of the respondents strongly agree, 24% agree, and about 2% disagree and strongly disagree.

Tang Jiabiao believes that the mainland government can take first-hand measures to consider whether to approve Hong Kong people to the mainland with a health code on a case-by-case basis. For example, it can open some urgent cases such as funerals and cross-border workers.

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