Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announced this afternoon (8th) that the sixth round of anti-epidemic funds involving 26 billion yuan will be launched, including more than 40 support measures.
Fok Kai-gang, a Legislative Council member from the sports, performing arts, culture and publishing sectors, wrote to Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr. Lee Ka-chiu, urging the government to calculate the subsidy amount for fitness centres and sports premises according to the area, to expand the recipients of the subsidy to coaches and referees, etc. amount of funding.
At present, the amount of allowance is the same regardless of the size of the venue
Fok Qigang pointed out that in the earlier anti-epidemic fund plan, each affected fitness center and sports premises were given a one-off allowance of the same amount. For larger sports venues, the current subsidy is completely ineffective. It is recommended to refer to the compensation plan of the catering industry and determine the amount of subsidy according to the area of the venue to ensure the effectiveness of the subsidy measures.
He pointed out that some of the affected industry practitioners were not covered by the earlier epidemic prevention fund, including coaches and referees, sports groups and institutions, non-elite athletes and non-professional players, and pyrotechnics and special effects technicians. The fund fills in the omissions and helps the people concerned.
He mentioned that the earlier anti-epidemic fund provided a one-time subsidy of $5,000 and $7,500 to individual workers in the industry, but the subsidy was actually not enough. The suspension this time may cause industry practitioners to lose jobs for months in the future. Opportunity, it is recommended that the government increase the amount of funding.
Promoting subsidies for theaters and film companies
Fok Qigang also said that the theater is closed during the Lunar New Year period, and it is expected to lose 200 million yuan at the box office. According to the "Anti-epidemic Anti-epidemic Fund" 5.0, the theater can receive a one-time subsidy of 50,000 yuan per screen, and each theater chain can receive a maximum of 50,000 yuan. Getting 1.5 million yuan is only a drop in the bucket for large cinema chains. It is recommended that the government increase the amount of subsidies and cancel the subsidy ceiling.
In addition, he believes that subsidies should cover film distribution, film shooting, production companies, etc.
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