A 90-year-old mother-in-law in Tai Po sold puppies on the street. Later, it was revealed that her mother-in-law lived in a poor living environment, and that her four children were all living in foreign countries, so she could not provide care for her mother-in-law.
According to the report, the mother-in-law only lives on the elderly subsistence allowance of several thousand yuan per month. After the Tang dog breeds at home, she relies on selling puppies to help make a living.
The incident once again aroused public attention to the poverty of the elderly. Many people are old, but still rely on picking up paper and sundries to make a living. The Social Welfare Association believes that the government should review the current CSSA system, and the SWD responded that it has sent social workers to contact client and follow up, and will provide assistance according to their welfare needs.
The mother-in-law lives in a simple wooden house built by herself in the village.
(Photo by Zeng Fengting)
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"Looking Around" reported that a mother-in-law over 90 sells dogs on the streets of Tai Po from time to time. Although she has four children, all of them have emigrated to foreign countries and rarely come back to visit her mother-in-law.
Since there are three big dogs in the mother-in-law's family, the puppies born by them have become the source of income for the mother-in-law. She sells the puppies on the street at a price of 200 to 300 yuan each. Besides cooking porridge, she also cooks porridge. Garbage stations rummaging for leftover food and bones to feed the dogs.
It was also seen in the report that some staff from the Association came to care about the dog's condition and urged the mother-in-law to let them sterilize the dog.
A reporter from "Hong Kong 01" recently visited Zhukeng Village where her mother-in-law lived. During this period, she saw her mother-in-law's puppies wandering around at the Zhukeng Village garbage station, as if they were looking for food. , living in a self-built simple wooden house in the village.
The reporter saw that the front of the wooden house was full of debris, but the mother-in-law was not at home.
The program "Looking Around" once reported that a ninety-year-old mother-in-law was selling puppies on Tai Po Street.
(screenshot of the program)
The SWD and the Social Welfare Association have also followed up on the case
Lian Weiqiu, director of the Association of Community Organizations, pointed out that although the CSSA system is currently used as a protection net for poverty, CSSA is stigmatized, and some elderly people refuse to apply for reasons such as worrying about affecting their children's work; while the current CSSA and allowances There are also shortcomings.
He pointed out that the current rental subsidy amount is not enough to cover the rent in the market, and there is no relevant support for management fees, maintenance fees, etc. There are also some elderly people living with their children who cannot receive CSSA, but the children are not able to take care of them. They, he also pointed out that some digital telecommunications expenses and self-funded medical expenses such as Chinese medicine practitioners and dentists are not currently included in the CSSA system.
With the aging of Hong Kong's population, 60,000 elderly people are added every year, and the old-age allowance is linked to the CSSA system. Therefore, he hopes that the government will conduct a review in due course.
In response to the enquiry, a SWD spokesman said that after learning of the case, the SWD has dispatched social workers to contact the person concerned and follow up, and will provide assistance according to their welfare needs.
A spokesman for the Association pointed out that the association's staff had been visiting the mother-in-law on a regular basis. In addition to caring about the dogs at the site, they also provided her mother-in-law with other supplies such as material support from time to time.
The spokesman continued that the mother-in-law had been successfully persuaded to sterilize one of the dogs and she would continue to pay attention to the above matters in the future.
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