'Non-recurrent social welfare spending can be reduced'
[RTHK] - 03/9/2025
Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun said there's room for non-recurrent social welfare expenditure to go down. In the budget last month, the government said all departments need to cut spending by an accumulative 7 percent until the 2027-28 fiscal year, and the same applies to funding for (…)
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