[New Coronary Pneumonia] The government is responsible for the allocation of resources for mutual assistance between the people in the epidemic

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Written by: Commentary Editing Room

2020-12-24 06:40

Last update date: 2020-12-24 06:40

The new crown pneumonia epidemic continues, all walks of life have been hit hard, and life at the grassroots has become difficult.

The benevolence of different charity organizations and social enterprises has helped many grassroots citizens to tide over the difficulties temporarily.

During the epidemic, social enterprises distributed meals to citizens, the aviation industry donated meals for airplanes, unemployed flight attendants contributed money to volunteers, and large enterprises in society also launched community projects to support disadvantaged communities in the region.

In the face of the epidemic, the collective efforts of the community can not help but make people wonder: Isn't this the government's job?

The "Joy Catering & Classroom", a social enterprise that employs autistic and mentally handicapped patients and promotes tolerance, has started distributing meals to the elderly in the district since last year. In response to the epidemic, this year, the elderly in the district will also be given masks and other epidemic prevention materials.

However, the restaurant suffered from the epidemic. Fortunately, many organizations donated materials and funds at the end of the year, so that social enterprises' activities in the region can continue.

The Swire Group Charitable Trust Fund also cooperated with the Hong Kong Council of Social Service to set up the "Building Tung Chung" community project, which provides support to the disadvantaged groups in three areas: food and hygiene, family health, and joint social resources. 800 to 1,000 people.

Among the group of volunteers, an unemployed Cathay Pacific flight attendant paid to help.

(Photo by Mo Jiawen)

The government must pay attention to the redistribution of resources

Not only social enterprises and large institutions, but citizens of different strata under the epidemic are doing their best to help people around them tide over the difficulties if they can.

Their efforts deserve the affirmation of the society, and the government should even learn from their spirit of being a human being and truly care about the life of the grassroots.

It is a pity that these small-scale social charity activities, which have far less financial resources than the social welfare system, have always limited the redistribution of social resources. They may help for a while under the epidemic, but they are difficult to help the grassroots get out of trouble in the long run.

These third allocations from social organizations actually stem from the government's inability to improve the situation of the grassroots in the "first allocation" and "second allocation" in the process of redistributing social resources.

This means that the income of grassroots citizens has not been improved in line with the overall economic results, and most of their income is still in the hands of a small group of people. At the same time, the government has failed to redistribute the overall economic results through the social welfare system so that the grassroots citizens can experience economic growth. Fruit.

The failure of the government in the first and second distributions has caused the grassroots in Hong Kong to fall into a poverty trap—the increase in income at the grassroots level during economic growth did not allow them to live and work in peace, until the society encounters adversity, and there is no adequate social welfare for the grassroots.

The government should reflect on the fact that these stories of kindness that have earned people's tears are all due to the failure of the government's past policies to improve income and the failure to establish an adequate social welfare safety net.

(Data Picture/Photo by Gao Zhongming)

In society, benevolent people can stand up under the epidemic and use their own strength to support others. These mental attitudes are worthy of recognition.

However, the government should reflect on the fact that these stories of kindness that have earned people's tears are all due to the government's past policies that failed to improve income and failed to establish an adequate social welfare safety net.

The society is trapped by the epidemic, and "guaranteeing employment" is ridiculed by the public as "guaranteeing the boss." The "Unemployed CSSA" with strict application conditions is useless for many citizens.

To support the life of the grassroots, the government cannot stand idly by. On the contrary, it should shoulder the greatest responsibilities so as to be worthy of every Hong Kong citizen.

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