Policy Address

6.         The Government implemented various measures to benefit the public. These include the Universal Accessibility Programme, increasing the value of elderly health care vouchers, and extending the scheme on a concessionary fare of $2 for the elderly and eligible persons with disabilities.

7.         Measures such as the “zero delivery quota” policy for expectant Mainland mothers whose husbands are not Hong Kong residents, export controls of baby formula and the Buyers’ Stamp Duty on residential properties have proved effective in meeting local demand first.

8.         In its consultation document released last October, the Steering Committee on Population Policy published the objectives of population policy. It is gauging public opinion on measures to be developed.

9.         By formally launching last month the public consultation on the methods for selecting the Chief Executive in 2017 and for forming the Legislative Council in 2016, the Government is moving towards universal suffrage on the basis of the Basic Law and the relevant Interpretation and Decisions of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress.

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