China News Service, Hong Kong, March 7 (Reporter Han Xingtong) The Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Chen Maobo, held a press conference on the new round of consumer coupons plan on the 7th.
He said that in the first phase, more than 6.3 million citizens who successfully registered for last year's consumer coupon program will be able to receive 5,000 yuan (HKD, the same below) consumer coupons directly through their registered stored value facility accounts.
Earlier, Chen Maobo pointed out in the new budget that a new round of consumer vouchers will be implemented, and a total of 10,000 yuan of consumer vouchers will be issued in installments to each eligible Hong Kong permanent resident and new arrivals aged 18 or above. .
On the same day, Chen Maobo announced the details at a press conference. The issuance of consumer coupons will be carried out in two stages.
In order to alleviate the economic pressure faced by the public due to the fifth wave of the epidemic, the SAR government will first issue 5,000 yuan of consumer coupons to citizens who successfully registered for last year's consumer coupon scheme through the first phase of the plan. It is estimated that about 6.3 million citizens will benefit.
Citizens do not need to register again or go through any formalities, and they will receive it within the next month.
The remaining balance will be issued in installments together with the consumption coupons of newly registered eligible citizens when the second phase is launched in the middle of the year.
Wang Xueling, director of the Budget and Tax Policy Unit of the Financial Secretary's Office, added that the first stage of consumer coupons will continue to use the original four stored value platforms, and citizens are not allowed to switch to other platforms, while the second stage allows citizens to re-select.
As the original registered accounts of a small number of citizens have become invalid, including cancelled accounts or lost Octopus cards, from 2 pm on March 7 to March 25, citizens can go through the procedures to update their accounts.
Wang Xueling also stated that in the second stage, eligible citizens who have been issued with 5,000 yuan consumption coupons in the first stage will be issued the remaining 5,000 yuan consumption coupons in installments, while newly registered eligible citizens will be issued 10,000 yuan in installments. coupons.
Chen Maobo said that the new budget has significantly strengthened its intensity and pertinence to support citizens and small and medium-sized enterprises deeply affected by the epidemic. Taking into account the rapid changes in the environment, the design of the issuance process of the consumption voucher program is simple and fast, which can allow more than 6.3 million consumers Citizens conveniently received the first-phase consumption coupons.
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