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Policy Address ‧ Dismantling the Bureau | Tsai Ziqiang: This year's report does not care about popular opinion at all

2020-11-26T21:22:00.554Z


Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor issued a policy address yesterday (25th). As a result of the large inventory in response to the new crown pneumonia epidemic earlier, the deficit exceeded 300 billion yuan, and the treasury’s finances were tight. This year’s policy address also lacked new plans.


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Author: Zheng Baosheng

2020-11-26 07:00

Last update date: 2020-11-26 07:00

Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor released his policy address yesterday (25th). Due to the large inventory in response to the new crown pneumonia epidemic earlier, the deficit exceeded 300 billion yuan, and the treasury's finances were tight. This year's policy address also lacked large new welfare expenditures.

In the normal five-year term of office, the fourth "policy address" should have been a crucial battle to fight for the popularity and re-election.

However, Cai Ziqiang, a senior lecturer in the Department of Politics and Administration at the Chinese University of China, analyzed to "Hong Kong 01" that Carrie Lam's "Policy Address" was not written to gain public support at all.

So, why is this policy address written?

Two pieces of candy: one helps transport expenses, relieves rent pressure

In the face of the continuing epidemic and the economic downturn, the government’s "Employment Guarantee Program" ended in November, and citizens began to worry about unemployment.

The Policy Address does have some support measures, such as the extension of the transportation allowance at $200 to June 30, 2021, and the extension of the 20% discount on MTR fares to March 2021, which can alleviate the burden of transportation expenses. .

In addition, it will be implemented on a trial basis in the middle of 2021 to provide cash subsidies to eligible households who have been waiting for public housing for more than three years. I believe it can also help sub-divided households.

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Faced with the tide of unemployment, only extending the unemployment CSSA, the middle class can hardly benefit

However, the "policy address" faces the tide of unemployment that is about to come, and there are no new large-scale support measures, only extending the "Unemployed CSSA".

Moreover, the "Unemployment CSSA" has an asset review. Even if the relaxation is doubled, taking a family of four as an example, the assets excluding the property and insurance value cannot exceed 176,000 yuan.

Therefore, if non-poor households and middle-class people are worried about losing their jobs in the next few months, they may feel that this "policy address" is not helpful.

It is true that the treasury drastically reduced the distribution of sugar, but it is also true that the people are desperate and eager for support. This year's policy address was accused of insufficient measures to help the people.

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Cai: "Policy Address" laid out and reformed the central dimension first

Cai Ziqiang pointed out that failing to see Carrie Lam’s "policy address" can cause public opinion to rebound, and even the "policy address" itself has no intention of restoring public support.

According to his analysis, this year’s "Policy Address" has been changed from the previous writing. In the past, people's livelihood and economic matters were always the people's most concerned priority. This time I want to be political first. What is written at the beginning of the "Policy Address" is a matter of national concern. Safeguarding national sovereignty shows that this report is aimed at the central government.

Cai Ziqiang continued that the people are most concerned about epidemic prevention and unemployment. However, after Lam Cheng finished talking about the issues of central concern, he did not talk about specific measures, but first talked about the results of the fight against the epidemic.

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Regarding economic policies, a major focus of the "Policy Address" is the central government's preferential Hong Kong policy. However, Cai Ziqiang described it as a "good flow" and believes that the announced preferential Hong Kong policy is not of much concern to people.

He cited, for example, that the "Greater Bay Area Youth Employment Program" is a government funded company that also has businesses in Hong Kong. It hires local university graduates in the Greater Bay Area and questioned its effectiveness.

Many subsidies are to assist the elite, such as subsidizing entrepreneurship. It is hard to say that the general public will benefit. Therefore, these measures may not be able to win public support.

Cai Ziqiang said bluntly that the central government’s view is the key to whether Carrie Lam is re-elected, and he believes that in the eyes of the central government, Carrie Lam’s popularity is not the most important. Therefore, this "policy address" has been formed, that is, priority is given to dealing with central tensions. It is a matter of public concern. He described this as a major change in the policy address.

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