Basic knowledge about Hong Kong

Four pillar industries:
-financial services金融服務
-trading and logistics  貿易及物流
-tourism旅遊
-producer and professional services 工商業支援及專業服務

Six new industries

- medical service 「醫療服務」
- education 「教育服務」
- innovation and technology 「科技創新」
- cultural and creative industries 「文化創意」
- test and certification  「檢測認證」
- environmental service 「環保產業」


Poverty in Hong Kong
Classification of population living in poverty

-在職貧窮勞工 Working Poor 

-老人 Elderly

-兒童 Children

-新移民婦女 New Immigrant Women

貧窮成因 Causes of the Poverty
- 經濟轉型、工業北移，高技術工業發展，低技術職位流失 
   economic transformation but lack of related policy to combat it
- 政府未因應經濟轉型作出人力規劃 
   lack of comprehensive manpower planning for economic change
- 公私營企業過分着重削減成本，傾向於僱用短期或兼職工人 
  many short-term and part-time jobs appeared in the market
- 政府服務外判，加上監管不足，以致不合理低薪情況 
   contract-out of low-wage governmental services
- 弱勢社羣(例如新移民及少數族裔人士)未享有平等機會
   lack of equal opportunities to marginalized groups
- 偏遠地區交通費高昂 
   high transportation cost for distant district

Enhancing Land Supply Strategy

Public’s aspiration to improve the living environment by 大眾對改善生活環境的期望，包括:

• lowering building density 降低建築密度

• having more open space 增加活動空間

• conserving the natural environment 保護自然環境

• preserving culture and heritage 保存文化和文物

Six  existing land supply options: 6 種現有土地供應模式:

1. Redevelopment  重建

2. Rezoning Land  更改土地用途

3. Land Resumption  收地

4. Reclamation   填海

5. Rock Cavern Development  發展岩洞

6. Reuse of ex-quarry sites  利用前石礦場

To have a more flexible and resilient mix of land supply options

務求有一個更靈活及具彈性的土地供應模式組合

Benefits of Rock Cavern Development 發展岩洞的好處:
• Release valuable land for development 釋出有價值的地上土地資源作發展
• Relocate "Not-in-my-Backyard" facilities into cavern, minimize adverse impacts on the community and environment. 把厭惡性設施遷入岩洞，減低對社區及環境的影響
• Rock excavated from caverns is usually in high quality and can be used as construction materials after processing such as aggregates for concrete.從岩洞挖出的岩石一般是高質量，經加工處理後適合作為建築材料，例如混凝土碎石材料。

five sources of gov revenue

- profit tax
- land premium
- salary tax
- stamp duty
- investment returns on fiscal reserves

-offer a one-off reduction of profits tax

-waive business registration fee

-halve charges for import/export declarations

-abolish capital duty levied on local companies