"During the epidemic, we will do our best to protect the elderly, and after the epidemic, there are many things worth re-examining - in the future, Hong Kong, a place that we are proud of as one of the world's longest-lived regions, How to enable the elderly and those in their later years to live in a safe and healthy environment is worthy of the whole society to reflect on, so as to better care for the elderly in Hong Kong.” Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor first established last Wednesday (March 9). This remark made in the anti-epidemic press conference in Hong Kong is indeed worth pondering for the whole of Hong Kong, and the SAR government, including her, is definitely the first responsible person, because the fifth wave of the epidemic has caused great damage to the elderly group, which not only exposes the authorities to underestimate the risk of the outbreak and despise it. Vaccine protection was wrongly made, and it highlights the structural flaws in the overall ageing policy and retirement security.
In an era when Hong Kong's population has entered an ageing, even accelerating pace on the road to "super-aging", the elderly living alone, poor and unable to care for their old age are not alone.
According to the "Hong Kong 2020 Poverty Report", before the government's policy intervention, the number of poor people aged 65 or above was 584,000. Although it has been reduced to 188,000 after the policy intervention, in fact, their life is still difficult, and all of them are not in sight. Difficulty in living, seeing a doctor, and housing.
Series reports:
The government does not take responsibility for the difficulties of old age from Granny Huang's "trilemma"
The three tricks for the elderly are full of loopholes, and retirement security seems to be there
After 30 years of discussions on national surrender of insurance
As the ageing problem of Hong Kong's population is becoming more and more serious, the Government must be determined to implement universal retirement insurance so that retired seniors can enjoy their old age with dignity.
(Photo by Gong Jiasheng)
Hong Kong government's anti-epidemic policy shifts to hospital outbreak, Lam Cheng attributed vaccine hesitancy to be debatable
The fifth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong continues. Since Liang Wan, the head of the expert group of the National Health Commission's New Crown Epidemic Response and Disposal Work Leading Group, came to Hong Kong for inspection, the SAR government's anti-epidemic strategy has changed significantly. For example, the priority is to "three reductions", namely The reduction of infections, severe illnesses, and deaths, focusing on preventing the elderly and children from contracting the disease, and adopting the proposal to set up "designated hospitals" to improve the level of treatment in Hong Kong all reflect that the SAR government is able to prescribe the right medicine for the disease and is on the right path to fight the epidemic.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam has personally hosted press conferences for several days and has authoritatively released anti-epidemic information, but she has at least blamed the outside world for two mistakes in anti-epidemic, which is really debatable.
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On March 5, 2022, Liang Wannian, the leader of the mainland expert team, visited the To Kwa Wan Community Testing Center.
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The Russian-Ukrainian war is difficult to solve, and China can reverse the situation in the long run
At present, more than 2.5 million refugees have fled Ukraine, and more and more non-military facilities have been attacked in various parts of Ukraine. Many people in besieged cities face the crisis of water, power, and even food shortages.
At the same time, the West and Russia accuse each other of being suspected of or attempting to use biological and chemical weapons in Ukraine; Ukraine has claimed that more than 20,000 foreign fighters have joined, and Putin has also approved volunteers from the Middle East to assist Russia to participate in the war.
When neither side can find a step down at the negotiating table, the tragic situation of the war will only get worse.
Under such circumstances, China's attitude towards Russia and what it will do has attracted international attention.
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An injured pregnant woman is rescued after a bomb blast at a maternity hospital in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol on March 9, 2022.
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The "Eight-Child Mother Incident" is comparable to the "Sun Zhigang Incident" throughout the two sessions
On the closing day of the National "Two Sessions", Premier Li Keqiang attended a press conference last Friday (March 11) in the Golden Hall on the third floor of the Great Hall of the People and answered questions from Chinese and foreign reporters.
When talking about people's livelihood issues, Li Keqiang took the initiative to respond to the "Fengxian Eight-Child Mother Incident" that has recently been concerned by public opinion, and said, "We are not only saddened by the victims, but also very angry about this incident."
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On March 11, Li Keqiang attended a press conference and answered questions from Chinese and foreign journalists at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
(Xinhua News Agency)
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