First follow-up survey of the 2013 Financial BudgetBack


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In general, are you satisfied with the Budget announced by the Financial Secretary?

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Please rate your level of satisfaction with the Budget delivered by John Tsang, with 0 indicating absolutely dissatisfied, 100 indicating absolutely satisfied and 50 indicating half-half. How will you rate this year's Budget?

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Overall speaking, are you satisfied with the government's strategy in monetary arrangement?

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Measures suggested by the Financial Secretary to relieve people’s stress brought by the economic downturn include: waiving rates for 2013–14, subject to a ceiling of $1,500 per quarter, granting each residential electricity account a subsidy of $1,800, paying two months’ rent for public housing tenants, increasing the child allowance, granting an extra-month allowance to CSSA recipients and the Old Age Living Allowance, and reducing salaries tax by 75%, subject to a ceiling of $10,000. Do you think these measures are enough?

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Financial Secretary John Tsang suggested the injection for several funds and programmes, which involved over 4-billion-dollar public fund, and included $15 billion injection into the Community Care Fund and another $15 billion injection into the Employees Retraining Board. Are you satisfied with this arrangement?

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Financial Secretary John Tsang gave a grant of $6,000 to each citizen aged 18 or above two years ago, yet such a grant did not appear last year and this year. Are you satisfied with this arrangement?

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There is a saying that the budget plan this year was “no merits and no demerits, do less and fewer mistakes”. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this saying?

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Overall speaking, do you think the tax system in Hong Kong is fair or unfair?

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Then, do you think the distribution of wealth in Hong Kong is reasonable or unreasonable?

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