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lump sum grant. Part 1: Why does the subsidy system become the "root of all evil"?

2022-01-11T00:51:27.159Z


Since the SAR government implemented the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) lump sum grant subsidy system (LSG) in 2001, negative effects such as "fat and thin" and "unequal pay for equal work" have been generated, which can be called "the worst of all evils" in the social welfare sector. source",


Since the SAR government implemented the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) lump sum grant subsidy system (LSG) in 2001, negative effects such as "fat and thin" and "unequal pay for equal work" have been generated, which can be called "the worst of all evils" in the social welfare sector. source", although it has been reviewed twice, it is still criticized.

Earlier, the Social Welfare Department released more than 80 NGO "Review Reports on Remuneration of Staff at the Top Three Levels". Among them, the annual salaries of senior executives reached 2.05 million to 3.12 million yuan, and the annual salaries of senior executives accounted for more than one-tenth of the organization's salary expenses. The structural problems behind the appropriation system have resurfaced.


Di Zhiyuan, a newly-elected member of the Legislative Council and chairman of New Thinking, pointed out that about 90% of social welfare organizations' expenditures are spent on labor.

(Photo by Gong Jiasheng)

Zhang Zhiwei, vice president of foreign affairs of the Hong Kong Federation of Social Workers, pointed out that the block grant subsidy system capped resources, causing various problems in social welfare institutions, and were forced to calculate to the extreme. The managementist thinking went against the people-oriented service spirit.

(Photo by Huang Baoying)

For details, please read the 299th issue of "Hong Kong 01" e-Weekly Newsletter (January 10, 2022)

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