The new "Financial Budget" was released yesterday (22nd). In response to the pressure on the government's fiscal deficit, the budget will inevitably require "less sugar".
Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po attended the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council today (23rd) to answer questions from Members.
Election Committee member Jiang Yuhuan questioned the budget's lack of care for the middle class, and believed that the problem of the middle class's indecent is becoming more and more serious.
After hearing this, Chen Maobo sneered and asked what is the most fair, saying that the government has tried its best to take care of it, and hoped that the public would understand.
Di Zhiyuan from the social welfare sector bombarded that the budget did not mention poverty alleviation work, and pointed out that the government cut the regular expenditure of the social welfare sector, but at the same time, the heads of different government departments demanded salary increases, which is unfair to the social welfare sector. : "It's so hard for me to support the "Budget." After hearing this, Chen Maobo said bluntly: "As an official of the SAR, I am not coerced, and I cannot be forced to do the same thing that I think is inappropriate and should not be done with one vote, support or opposition. thing."
Jiang Yuhuan pointed out that the middle class lacked care Gu Chen Maobo sneered: What is the most fair?
Jiang Yuhuan said that the government proposes progressive rates, and those who can afford to pay themselves, but how does this encourage those who can to buy property and invest in Hong Kong?
She also believes that the budget lacks care for the middle class, and describes the problem of poverty and downgrades of the middle class as becoming more and more serious: "The middle class has nothing but a floor...the middle class has calculated that if there are two children whose middle class is only The 10,000 yuan is "counted"." She continued to point out that the government said to "see the food and eat it", but the middle class does not have a bowl of rice, but just eats plain rice.
Before Chen Maobo answered the middle-class question, he sneered, and then asked Jiang Yuhuan what is the most fair.
He pointed out that even if electronic consumer coupons are distributed to all people, some citizens question why they should be distributed to the rich, thinking that the practice is unfair.
He believes that it is necessary to consider paying more for those who are capable in the appropriate areas, and emphasizes that they have tried their best to take care of the middle class. For example, the middle class has been underpaid by more than 20 billion yuan in taxes in the past few years. I hope the public will understand.
Di Zhiyuan is dissatisfied with cutting social welfare expenditures and not mentioning poverty alleviation expenditures
Di Zhiyuan criticized that there was no mention of poverty alleviation in the new budget. He pointed out that "targeted poverty alleviation" was mentioned in the "Policy Address", but the budget allocation for poverty alleviation work "has nothing", asked Chen Maobo : "Does the Secretary expect that our Poverty Alleviation Committee will point fingers and hold occasional meetings, and our targeted poverty alleviation will be done well?" He was dissatisfied with the government's past 1% cut in social welfare expenditures, and threatened that if the government did not Retracting practices or proposing solutions, "it is very difficult to support the budget".
Chen Maobo said bluntly: "As an official of the SAR, I am not coerced. I cannot vote, support or oppose to force me to do something that I think is inappropriate and should not be done." He also pointed out that the government's expenditure on social welfare has reached 129 billion yuan, which belongs to the largest category of expenditure, emphasizes whether the government cares about the disadvantaged groups, and should not be one-sided to see whether there are one or two poverty alleviation measures in the budget, and ask instead whether the elderly care and caregiver support in the budget are not poverty alleviation work?
He reiterated that the government has done its best to provide assistance.
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