The Government has earlier launched the "Temporary Unemployment Support" scheme, which provides a one-off $10,000 support for short-term unemployed.
The Policy Innovation Office announced today (3rd) that the third batch of audits has been completed and subsidies will be distributed to a total of about 57,000 successful applicants, including about 31,000 applicants with MPF accounts and over 26,000 without MPF accounts the applicant.
The spokesman pointed out that the authorities have approved more than 150,000 applications successively, and the goal is to disburse subsidies to all eligible applicants within this month.
A search of information shows that the authorities had received more than 470,000 applications earlier.
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30,000 ineligible applicants have been notified successively
A government spokesman said that nearly 30,000 other applicants were ineligible and had received unapproved text messages or emails since last week.
The spokesman also mentioned that, if necessary, the scheme agent will contact the applicant to request supplementary information during the approval process.
As the number of applications exceeded expectations, the authorities have increased manpower to expedite processing.
If applicants have an MPF account, they can generally receive the subsidy in about four weeks after submitting the application. However, over 40% of the application cases do not have an MPF account, which will take longer to process. The authorities will announce the next batch in due course. successful applicants.
Applicants can log on to the programme's dedicated website to check the status of their applications.
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