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The Mandatory Provident Fund (Chinese: 強制性公積金), often abbreviated as MPF (強積金), is a compulsory saving scheme (pension fund) for the retirement of residents in Hong Kong. Most employees and their employers are required to contribute monthly to mandatory provident fund schemes provided by approved private organisations ...
Old Age Allowance (OAA), colloquially known as fruit money, is a Hong Kong government programme introduced in 1973 which provides monthly payments of $1,290 to elderly Hong Kong residents. There is no means test for the Higher Old Age Allowance given to recipients of age 70 or above.
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Residents leaving Hong Kong for good withdrew a total of HK$2.213 billion ($283.72 million) from their Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) pension accounts in the third quarter of 2023, up 1.7% from a ...
The pension of each of the city's 4.5 million MPF members shrank by about HK$3,288, a loss that Hong Kong's pension scheme heads for first loss since 2018, prompting fund managers to seek wider ...
The laissez-faire economic policy and the so-called "positive non-interventionism" are regarded two key cornerstones of Hong Kong's economic success in post-war decades.. They continue to be the fundamental framework guiding state policy, and are a major obstacle to making major changes in the government's approach to launch new social policy initiatives.
Salaries tax is imposed on any office, employment and pension sourced in Hong Kong. [1] Office basically refers to the holding of office as a director or company secretary of the company resident in Hong Kong. Director's fee is fully taxable in Hong Kong irrespective where the director rendered services in Hong Kong or not. [2]
Originally established and run by non-governmental organisations, community centres are now fully subsidised by the Government. [72] A typical community centre is departmentalised into fractions including social welfare, group working department, community work and study room. As of 2022, there are 13 community centres in Hong Kong. [73]