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Written by: Chen Shuxia
2020-09-22 22:52
Last update date: 2020-09-22 22:58
The two major supermarkets in Hong Kong have participated in the second phase of the Hong Kong Government’s "Ensure Employment" program. A government spokesperson said today (22nd) that applications for the two supermarket chains, Wellcome and Baijia, have been approved, involving wage subsidies of 1.845. 100 million yuan and 161.96 million yuan, or a total of about 340 million yuan; the number of promised salaried employees is 10,149 and 8,215 respectively.
The reward programs proposed by Wellcome and ParknShop involve amounts of 100 million yuan and 81 million yuan, respectively, accounting for 54% and 50% of the wage subsidies received; the amount given to disadvantaged groups also reaches 50% of the basic reward amount.
The two major supermarkets promised to complete the implementation of feedback suggestions before the end of December this year.
The government has asked them to disclose the list of beneficiaries, the number of beneficiaries and the amount involved in a timely manner for public monitoring.
The plan announced by PARKnSHOP today only discloses that 40 million cash food vouchers will be distributed to disadvantaged groups in October; Wellcome will distribute 1 million cash vouchers and 1 million meal vouchers to needy communities in the next 10 months. Donated 5 million yuan to help disadvantaged groups. In the next 6 months, more than 300 daily necessities will not increase in price, and the plan involves more than 120 million yuan.
The two supermarket plans and policy innovation and coordination offices announced discrepancies.
In the second phase of the Hong Kong Government's "Ensure Employment" program, Wellcome received 180 million yuan in subsidies.
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The amount of rebate shall not be less than 50% of the wage subsidy for the second period of "Ensure Employment"
A government spokesman said that after considering the situation of the first phase of the Employment Guarantee Program and the opinions of all sectors of the community, the government added new requirements when launching the second phase of the plan, including the approval of the two supermarket chains of Wellcome and Baijia. Before applying for wage subsidies, the relevant group's suggestions for giving back to the society will be considered.
The two supermarket chains have submitted their feedback suggestions to the Policy Innovation and Coordination Office and have been approved, and their applications for wage subsidies for the second phase of the plan have also been approved.
As for the feedback proposal, there are also specified conditions, including that the amount of the feedback should not be less than 50% of the wage subsidy approved under the second phase of the "Ensure Employment" plan. The measures under the feedback plan must be quantifiable, transparent, and must The two supermarket chains usually provide measures other than the preferential treatment. The beneficiaries should be mainly disadvantaged groups, followed by customers and frontline employees of their company.
The proportion of the amount given to disadvantaged groups cannot be less than 50% of the basic reward amount, and the proportion of the amount benefiting employees cannot exceed 10% of the basic reward amount.
PARKnSHOP said it will issue 200 yuan cash food stamps per person to low-income families, the elderly and the disabled, and it is estimated that more than 200,000 people will be benefited.
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The spokesman said that the two supermarket chains plan to distribute cash and/or food vouchers to disadvantaged groups, and will introduce measures to benefit citizens/customers and reward employees.
The details will be announced separately by the two organizations.
The government is grateful to the two supermarket chains for their willingness to abide by the additional commitments under the second phase of the "Ensure Employment" plan, to give back to the society, and to tide over the difficulties with the public.
PARKnSHOP announced today that it will issue 200 yuan in cash food stamps per person to low-income families, the elderly and the disabled. It is estimated that more than 200,000 people will be benefited, and the amount involved will be 40 million yuan. As for whether the product will adjust the price, the spokesperson said , No supplement for now.
PARKnSHOP has not announced another 41 million yuan in return plan.
Wellcome announced that it will provide a reward program worth 120 million yuan to support the Hong Kong community, including the distribution of 1 million cash coupons and 1 million meal coupons to the needy communities, and a donation of 5 million to the disadvantaged groups. Yuan, and promised that the prices of more than 300 daily commodities will remain unchanged for the next 6 items.
It is reported that the categories of goods include eggs, oil and household paper.
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