A Comparative Analysis of the Cash Handout Policy of Hong Kong and Macau

In 2011, Hong Kong SAR government announced an unprecedented policy of cash handouts of 6,000 HKD to all permanent residents at the age of 18 or above as a means of defusing public discontent with economic policy and poor governance. Macau SAR has also been distributing similar cash handouts since 2...

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Main Author: Bruce Kam Kwan Kwong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Current Chinese Affairs
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Online Access:http://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jcca/article/view/670