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Anti-epidemic fund 6.0︳The government applied for a capital injection of 27 billion yuan to push the 48 measures to give 10,000 temporary unemployment allowances

2022-02-14T02:54:33.999Z


The government launched the sixth round of the Anti-epidemic Fund and applied for a funding of 27 billion yuan from the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council. For the first time, a temporary unemployment allowance will be introduced, which will be given to those with a monthly salary of less than 30,000 yuan and who have been unemployed for not less than a month.


The government launched the sixth round of the Anti-epidemic Fund and applied to the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council for a grant of 27 billion yuan. For the first time, a temporary unemployment allowance will be introduced. Those with a monthly salary of less than 30,000 yuan and who have been unemployed for at least a month will receive a one-time payment of 10,000 yuan. Yuan allowance.


In a document submitted to the Legislative Council this morning (14th), the government stated that the 48 measures introduced by the fund this time mainly support four categories of people, including providing assistance to industries that have to close down or operating significantly restricted by tightened social distancing measures, Provide assistance to industries hard-hit by the epidemic and indirectly affected by tightened social distancing measures, including tourism, hotels, etc., provide support for employees in hard-hit industries, front-line workers who have contributed to the fight against the epidemic, and short-term unemployed people.


The Legislative Council will convene a special finance committee online tomorrow to discuss government spending in the coming year (file photo/photo by Zheng Zifeng)

The government's submission to the Legislative Council's Finance Committee stated that the goal is to start accepting applications for temporary unemployment assistance in March. The application period is three weeks. It is expected that the first batch of successful applicants will be disbursed in April.

The government proposes to set aside $3 billion for temporary unemployment support, hoping to provide relief to as many as 300,000 eligible people.

67,000 merchants and 750,000 people benefited

The Government submitted a document to the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council today for an injection of a total of $27 billion into the Anti-epidemic Fund to launch a total of 48 sixth-round fund measures to support industries and individuals affected by the epidemic and tightened social distancing measures.

The Finance Committee will review the funding proposal in an online meeting tomorrow.



The government expects this round of funds to provide support to about 67,000 businesses and 750,000 people, and most of the measures can be accepted within one month after the Finance Committee approves the injection of funds into the fund.

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Source: hk1

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