The Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions Wu Qiubei, Chairman Huang Guo, Member of the Legislative Council Lu Songxiong, and Kowloon East Director-General Deng Jiabiao took advantage of the "National Poverty Alleviation Day" today (17th) to hold a press conference to propose a series of poverty reduction initiatives.
The Federation of Trade Unions proposes to impose a 17.5% profits tax on high-profit enterprises, and enterprises with high assessable profits should make more commitments to reflect the principle of vertical fairness.
The Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions Wu Qiubei, Chairman Huang Guo, Member of the Legislative Council Lu Songxiong, and Kowloon East Director-General Deng Jiabiao took advantage of the National Poverty Alleviation Day to hold a press conference to propose a series of poverty reduction initiatives.
Advocating the "one-year inspection" of the minimum wage,
Wu Qiubei pointed out that the government should start with three income distributions and do a good job in resource allocation and redistribution, including developing a diversified economy, expanding industries, and increasing employment; "Inspection" has been changed to "One year inspection", and the amount adjustment mechanism has been improved; the skills of the workforce have been improved; and the government outsourcing system has been abolished. Jobs with long-term service needs are gradually changed to civil service contract terms to avoid intermediate exploitation.
The Federation of Trade Unions also proposed to impose a 17.5% profits tax on high-profit enterprises, and enterprises with high assessable profits should make more commitments to reflect the principle of vertical fairness.
Lu Songxiong pointed out that the authorities must set up a "poverty reduction commissioner" and a poverty reduction office under the office of the Chief Secretary for Administration to handle poverty reduction work and formulate poverty reduction strategies.
Tang Jiabiao pointed out that poverty alleviation work must integrate the services of the Social Welfare Department, the Office of Educational Resources, the In-service Office, the Department of Civil Affairs, the Department of Housing, the Education Bureau and the Department of Labor, as well as the district administration, so as to better understand the actual poverty situation and implement policies. Landing" and poverty reduction measures stay on the ground.
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