Political situation
Written by: Di Ruimin Zhou Lixi
2020-09-28 11:21
Last update date: 2020-09-28 11:39
The government has already approved the second phase of the "Ensure Employment" plan. When interviewed the day before (26th) by the Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Law Chi-kwong, he admitted that the plan is not perfect and cannot protect all employees. However, he emphasized that there is no need for precise support. For profitable companies, the second period may have to be postponed to November before accepting applications. It is the only option under the premise of simple and fast.
The DAB Legislative Council Member Huang Ting-kwong appeared in the Finance Committee today (28th) when he talked about the "Ensure Employment" plan. He was very laborious. He directly approved that the government’s policy considerations for formulating policies were very crude and rudimentary. "Why don't you go and support it," he is very dissatisfied that supermarkets and property management whose business has not been affected can still receive subsidies.
He didn't call his name and pointed out that some officials said that if you want to accurately review the company, you need to hire more people to deal with it. They questioned "Usually you can get married, don't you do it?", and even broke out "If my company is X It's on the street." Even Chen Zhenying, the vice chairman of finance and accounting, couldn't help but tell him to use parliamentary language.
Zhang Jianzong said that the current financial situation of the government is difficult to support all affected industries.
(Photo by Ou Jiale)
Zhang Jianzong: Thank you, Mr. Huang, for your heart and soul
As soon as the second phase of the "Protecting Employment" program was launched, the community still has different opinions on subsidies for supermarkets and property management businesses to benefit from the epidemic. Even if the government stated that supermarkets need to give back to the public, they could not get the goods.
The Finance Committee of the Legislative Council continued to review the "Anti-epidemic Fund 3.0" today. Huang Dingguang was very hot in his speech. At the beginning, he said that the government "has done a lot of good things in the past few years. Rough and crude.
He went on to say that "guaranteeing jobs" should naturally protect some companies that have difficulties and their jobs are not guaranteed due to the fight against the epidemic. "If the good people are good, you can support them. If you have jobs every day, you can go and protect them."
For some officials who pointed out that in order to accurately support non-profitable companies, it would need to hire additional staff. Huang Dingguang questioned why the original staff could not handle these tasks. "Usually, I will marry you? Do you want to do it?", he said The anger can't help but "extremely rough": "If you have more (doing), you have to invite more people. If my company is tied, it will be on the street! Dead!".
Some congressmen could not help but exclaimed. Chen Zhenying called Huang Dingguang to stop after hearing the words. Huang later revised his speech and read "it shouldn't" in Mandarin. Chen Zhenying still believed that the other party should speak in the appropriate parliamentary language.
Huang Dingguang continued to point out that the cross-border transportation industry, conferences and exhibitions, stage workers, etc. have been stopped, and the government is still avoiding the most important, taking the easy and not the difficult, and ignoring the industries that are seriously affected.
Regarding the anti-epidemic fund, he said that the DAB could not obstruct it, but he expressed deep regret and dissatisfaction with the government’s administration. He hoped that the government could face up to the actual difficulties in the society and the reflections of citizens’ opinions, instead of sitting behind closed doors in air-conditioned rooms and thinking about something Set actual policies to blame.
Afterwards, Zhang Jianzong responded, saying, "Thank you very much, Mr. Huang, for his thoughtful words," and said that he would "spur myself to do a good job," emphasizing that the government is aware of the suffering of the people.
After Chen Zhenying heard the words, Huang Dingguang stopped.
(Photo by Ou Jiale)
Guide the elderly to use new technology? Yuren Zhang: Make a big draw
The chairman of the Liberal Party Zhang Yuren mentioned the catering industry at the meeting. He did not just hope that the government would provide financial assistance, but everyone wanted to do more.
He mentioned that he had a meeting with the industry last week. He mentioned that there are many air purifiers in the market, but he "does not want the industry to buy it. After buying it, he can't sterilize it." He also pointed out that people who are not young and older may not know how to use new ones. Technology, as for "how to guide older people to use new technology?" Zhang Yuren offered a clever plan: "Have a big draw."
In the end, because Yuren Zhang ran out of time, no official responded.
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The accountant Liang Jichang asked whether the government would follow up on Cathay Pacific’s investment performance and the progress of the installation of electronic payment systems by different merchants, especially taxis.
The Secretary for Transport and Housing, Chen Fan, responded that the bureau will study making electronic payments more popular.
The Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Xu Zhengyu, pointed out that the government will send two observers to the board of directors of Cathay Pacific, and Cathay Pacific, as a company, must disclose its operating conditions.
Shao Jiazhen from the social welfare sector asked how the taxi electronic payment system was promoted. He pointed out that he had never encountered a taxi with an electronic payment system, and how to follow up on market stalls and restaurants to obtain rent reduction support measures.
Chief Secretary for Administration Zhang Jianzong responded that the government has taken the lead in reducing rents and has also provided assistance in water and sewage charges for several months, which "has helped a lot."
Regarding the payment system for taxis, the Commissioner of Transport, Luo Shupui, pointed out that some taxis have been installed, but the progress will be accelerated. She understands that the public hopes to use electronic payment under the epidemic.
Civic Party Chen Shuzhuang pointed out that she recently took a taxi with Octopus. She learned from the driver that Octopus charges fees, and it was inconvenient to handle tips with Octopus. The other time she took a taxi back to the Legislative Council, the driver asked her to ask the government. This is because the driver applied for the employment insurance plan for more than two months without any response. Many people applied for it but were delayed in the payment and only received phone calls from the government.
Luo Shupei responded that the progress in understanding the subsidy is lagging behind, because the document has to be traced, which is different from the existing regulations on buses, and the manpower for handling related tasks has increased by double digits.
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