The Budget is about to be announced. The Federation of Trade Unions today (18th) met with the Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, on the Budget.
Wu Qiubei, president of the Federation of Trade Unions and a member of the Legislative Council, said that they put forward 68 proposals under the theme of "promoting the new policy, investing in the future, alleviating poverty, and walking with the people", many of which include initiatives to promote the development of Hong Kong's industries, as well as The Budget proposes to distribute no less than 10,000 yuan of electronic consumer vouchers to the whole population, and 5.4 billion yuan for unemployment/stop work cash allowances, with a maximum allowance of 9,000 yuan per month for a period of 6 months.
Mak Mei-juan, a member of the Legislative Council of the Federation of Trade Unions, stressed that they would not only seek funding from the Financial Secretary for unemployment benefits, but also believed that the proposed system should have the support and cooperation of the policy bureau, emphasizing that the Labour and Welfare Bureau also has the responsibility to help employees, otherwise "what At the end of the year, have you asked the employees to take a look? The Secretary (Luo Zhiguang) can't ignore it."
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Wu Qiubei pointed out at the press conference that Hong Kong's industrial development has been poor in the past, which has led to poor opportunities for wage earners. He believes that the current environment in Hong Kong has become more stable, and the economic situation and industrial structure should be improved to create a better working environment and improve wages for wage earners. .
He believes that Hong Kong should integrate into the overall development of the country and promote industrial diversification, re-industrialization, cultural industries and other industries to make the economy more dynamic.
Mai Meijuan also proposed to suspend the prepayment of tax for one year to help middle births
The Federation of Trade Unions proposed cash allowances for unemployment/lockout. Mak Meijuan emphasized that in addition to the Financial Secretary, the Labour and Welfare Bureau also has the responsibility to help employees. Therefore, in addition to the subsidy provided by the Secretary, he also hopes that the Secretary will support the plan. Have the employees sampled?".
She also mentioned that middle-class citizens need to pay taxes, and their spending has not decreased.
It is believed that the government should suspend the collection of advance tax for one year, so as to reduce the pressure on middle-class citizens.
Chen Yingxin of the Federation of Trade Unions said that consumer coupons play an important role in ensuring employment and the development of electronic payment platforms, and can directly benefit wage earners and small merchants.
Add professional skills training to help industries affected by the epidemic to retain talents
Wong Kwok, chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions, pointed out that they hope the government will increase funding to subsidize outsourced workers. He mentioned that the minimum wage increase mechanism had previously frozen wages, and believed that the Hong Kong government needs to help the income of its outsourced grassroots workers to catch up with inflation.
Chen Dengyuan, vice president of the Federation of Trade Unions, asked the authorities to optimize the love value-added plan, and proposed to add professional skills training courses to help retain talents in hard-hit areas such as river boats and airports affected by the epidemic, and to increase the continuing education fund from the current 20,000 yuan to 40,000 yuan, etc.
Industrial development advocates the establishment of vocational applied universities
Legislative Councilor Leung Tsz-ying pointed out that the Federation of Trade Unions proposed to promote the dual-track system of "job" and "learning". The budget should allocate resources to set up vocational applied universities to cultivate talents for emerging industries and enhance the competitiveness of existing talents.
Legislative Councilor Tang Jiabiao suggested that Kowloon East should develop a center for supporting RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership)-related economic activities and exchanges, so that the development of the entire East Kowloon can move forward.
He also hopes to set up a fund within the MPF that guarantees higher-than-inflation, and enhance the transparency of annuities in Hong Kong to protect consumer rights.
Guo Weiqiang, who went to the "Hongmen Banquet", is expected to participate in the Legislative Council
Earlier, Guo Weiqiang, a member of the Legislative Council of the Federation of Trade Unions who participated in Hong Weimin's birthday party and was observing at home, participated in the meeting with Chen Maobo by video today, so he did not appear at the press conference.
Mak Meijuan pointed out that she believes that Guo Weiqiang will attend the Legislative Council tomorrow, saying that they have considered the factors of health risks.
However, if Guo Weiqiang attends the meeting tomorrow, he will contradict Legislative Council Chairman Leung Kwan-yin's call to ask lawmakers and others to hold the meeting before all the scheduled test results are negative.
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