LCQ19: Injection of money into Mandatory Provident Fund accounts of eligible persons
Regarding the implementation of the Government's measure to inject $6,000 into the Mandatory Provident Fund accounts of eligible persons through the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority, will the Government inform this Council:
(a) as the authorities stated that the injection of money into the accounts of some 1.404 million eligible persons had been completed at the end of April, of the number of applications received so far for review of eligibility, the respective numbers of cases of wrongful injections and omission of injections, the respective amounts of money involved, as well as the follow-up results of the relevant cases;
(b) whether it has considered identifying persons of "three have-nots" or "five have-nots" ("three have-nots" means those who do not apply for Comprehensive Social Security Assistance, do not live in a public rental housing unit and do not have to pay tax, while "five have-nots" means those who, in addition to three have-nots, do not have to pay electricity charges directly and do not need to pay rates) through the account information of eligible persons obtained from the injection measure, and introducing counter measures to relieve their hardship; if it has, of the details of the measures; if not, the reasons for that; and
(c) whether it knows if the relevant authorities will regularly update the account information of eligible persons obtained from the injection measure; if they will, of the details; if not, the reasons for that?
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