Bauhinia: Hong Kong Budget relieves burden amid epidemic, long-term strategies still needed 2020-02-26Bauhinia welcomes the 2020-21 Budget for rolling out timely relief measures that help ease hardship for people and corporations in Hong Kong. Yet, the Government still needs to plan long-term strategies for Hong Kong’s sustainable development in a prudent manner.
Bauhinia: To rekindle the hope of living happily in Hong Kong and calling it their home 2019-10-17The Centre supports the Chief Executive’s 2019 Policy Address, which has put forward measures to tackling land and housing issues, improving livelihood, and promoting social harmony and Hong Kong’s long-term competitiveness. The Centre believes that enhancing primary healthcare services is of particular importance to improve people’s well-being in Hong Kong.
Bauhinia: A forward-looking budget yet requires greater emphasis on people’s livelihood 2019-02-27Bauhinia commends the 2019-20 Budget for launching a series of strategic and prudent policies that promote diversified economic development, improve livelihood and address different interests and needs of various stakeholders.
Developing a comprehensive plan for the future of the city 2018-10-10The Centre welcomes Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor’s Policy Address, which determines to solve land and housing issues in the city, and enhance areas such as healthcare and welfare services.
Bauhinia: A visionary budget that lays out roadmap for the future 2018-02-28Bauhinia welcomes the 2018-19 Budget, which strikes a balance between economic development and people’s livelihood, addressing society’s needs. In the long run, Hong Kong would improve its long-term competitiveness with the Government’s strategic policies.
Bauhinia: Embracing hope through ‘people-based’ policies 2017-10-11The Centre welcomes Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor’s maiden Policy Address, which not only focuses on socio-economic development, but also puts forth concrete and ‘people-based’ measures aiming to improve housing, healthcare, transport and welfare.
Bauhinia: Hong Kong needs to review its tax system 2017-02-22The Centre sees the 2017-18 Budget a prudent yet forward-looking one, and supports the Government to foster the city’s socio-economic development and uphold its competitiveness by formulating short, medium and long term measures.
Bauhinia: Sees continuous improvement in people’s livelihood 2017-01-18The Centre welcomes the Chief Executive’s 2017 Policy Address, which balances views of various stakeholders and formulates policies to address major livelihoods issues, such as retirement protection and the MPF offsetting mechanism. However, the policy outlook is clouded by uncertainties brought by the new term government.
Submission on Retirement Protection 2016-05-11Facing the challenges of ageing population, and the urgent needs of hundreds of thousands of elderly living in poverty, Bauhinia supports a comprehensive retirement protection scheme that addresses elderly poverty and the insufficiency of Hong Kong’s existing retirement protection measures.
Calls for a multidimensional approach to development 2016-02-24The Centre welcomes the 2016-17 Budget announced by the Government, particularly in its efforts to boost the economy and support the development of local industries, as well as to enhance social welfare, medical services and education in Hong Kong. Noting the impacts of the short-term measures, we recommend the Government to put more resources on the long-term development and social investment.