Hong Kong pledges handouts to residents to counter economic woes
The Hong Kong government on Wednesday announced 10,000-Hong Kong-dollar (1,280-US-dollar) handouts to adult permanent residents in a bid to tackle the city’s economic downturn. Financial Secretary Paul Chan said in his speech announcing his 120-billion-Hong Kong-dollar-budget (23.4 billion US dollars) for 2020-2021 that “decisive measures” must be implemented to tackle the city’s economic woes. Read also: […]
