Subcommittee to Study the Subject of Combating Poverty

Papers Papers provided by the Administration An information paper provided by the Secretariat to the Commission on Poverty outlining the progress of work of the Commission on Poverty and the Administration in poverty alleviation and prevention for the period of February 2005 to August 2006 [CB(2)3115/05-06(01)] Administration's paper on gist of discussions of the meeting of the Commission on Poverty held on 18 February 2005 [CB(2)902/04-05(01)] (23 February 2005) Administration's paper on Progress Report on the Implementation of the Pilot Transport Support Scheme [CB(2)253/07-08(01)] (8 November 2007) Administration's paper on summit on social enterprise [CB(2)497/07-08(01)] (11 December 2007) Discussion paper provided by the Administration on "Work Progress of the Commission on Poverty" [CB(2)903/05-06(01)] (25 January 2006) Discussion paper provided by the Secretariat to the Commission on Poverty on "Resources for assisting the working poor - Input from the Administration" [CB(2)1391/05-06(01)] (17 March 2006) Extract of paragraphs 63 to 66 in the 2006-07 Budget [CB(2)1435/05-06(01)] (17 March 2006) Gender Mainstreaming Checklist provided by the Administration [CB(2)2987/05-06(01)] (27 April 2006) Gist of discussion on the sharing session on parenting held on 15 December 2005 (25 January 2006) Information on non-older-person households with monthly household income below $4,000 in 2006 and working persons with monthly income from main employment below $4,000 in 2006 provided by the Administration [CB(2)2551/06-07(01)] (10 July 2007) Information paper provided by Home Affairs Bureau on "Appointment of women to public sector advisory and statutory bodies" [CB(2)1706/05-06(01)] (27 April 2006) Information paper provided by the Administration on the promoting the further development of social enterprise [CB(2)2491/07-08(01)] (11 December 2007) Information provided by C&SD on economically inactive female persons from 2001 to 2005 [CB(2)1841/05-06(02)] (27 April 2006) Letter dated 5 December 2005 from Social Welfare Department on sources of income in CSSA low earnings cases by number of eligible members from November 2004 to October 2005 [CB(2)622/05-06(02)] (13 December 2005) Letter dated 16 December 2004 from SHWF regarding the Government response to immediately resume the provision of grant for spectacles for children on Comprehensive Social Security Assistance [CB(2)463/04-05(01)] (14 January 2005) Letter dated 15 December 2004 from the Subcommittee Chairman to the Chief Executive urging for the setting up of the governmental inter-departmental committee [CB(2)488/04-05(01)] (14 January 2005) Letter dated 20 November 2004 from the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food [CB(2)304/04-05(02)] (9 December 2004) Paper provided by Commission on Poverty on "Enabling community participation in formulating poverty alleviation strategies" [CB(2)3110/05-06(01)] (5 October 2006) Paper provided by Commission on Poverty on "Report on women in poverty - Employment training for women" [CB(2)3110/05-06(02)] (5 October 2006) Paper provided by Commission on Poverty on the progress of the enhancing self-reliance through district partnership programme [CB(2)631/06-07(01)] (9 November 2006) Paper provided by Education and Manpower Bureau on "Education, training and retraining" [CB(2)3110/05-06(03)] (5 October 2006) Paper provided by Education and Manpower Bureau on "Progress of the School-based After-school Learning and Support Programme" [CB(2)2477/05-06(02)] (22 June 2006) Paper provided by Education and Manpower Bureau on "Report on Working Poverty - Enhancing the competitiveness of the working poor through education and training" [CB(2)2727/05-06(02)] (18 July 2006) Paper provided by Education and Manpower Bureau on "School-based After-school Learning and Support Programmes" [CB(2)1306/04-05(01)] (19 May 2005) Paper provided by Health, Welfare and Food Bureau on "Report on Elderly in Poverty" [CB(2)1764/06-07(03)] (28 and 14 May 2007) Paper provided by Health, Welfare and Food Bureau on "Report on Women in Poverty" [CB(2)250/06-07(01)] (9 November 2006) Paper provided by Health, Welfare and Food Bureau on "Study on women in poverty" [CB(2)1706/05-06(02)] (27 April 2006) Paper provided by Home Affairs Bureau on "Enforcement of maintenance orders" [CB(2)250/06-07(02)] (9 November 2006) Paper provided by Home Affairs Bureau on "Women participation in Government advisory and statutory bodies" [CB(2)250/06-07(03)] (9 November 2006) Paper provided by Home Affairs Department on "Development of Social Enterprises" [CB(2)2385/06-07(01)] (10 July 2007) Paper provided by Home Affairs Department on "Launching of the enhancing self-reliance through district partnership programme" [CB(2)2461/05-06(02)] (22 June 2006) Paper provided by Housing, Planning and Lands Bureau on "Report on Elderly in Poverty" [CB(2)1951/06-07(01)] (28 May 2007) Paper provided by Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority [CB(2)2154/06-07(01)] (18 June 2007) Paper provided by Secretariat to the Commission on Poverty on "Long-term Care and Financial Security During Old Age" [CB(2)1764/06-07(02)] (28 and 14 May 2007) Paper provided by Secretariat to the Commission on Poverty on "Pilot Transport Support Scheme" [CB(2)1187/06-07(01)] (8 March 2007) Paper provided by Secretariat to the Commission on Poverty on "Pilot Transport Support Scheme" [CB(2)988/06-07(01)] (1 February 2007) Paper provided by Secretariat to the Commission on Poverty on "Report of the Ad Hoc Group on the Elderly in Poverty" [CB(2)1764/06-07(01)] (28 and 14 May 2007) Paper provided by Secretariat to the Commission on Poverty on "Support to Children and Family" [CB(2)863/06-07(02)] (19 January 2007) Paper provided by Secretariat to the Commission on Poverty on "Transport Support Scheme" [CB(2)863/06-07(01)] (1 February 2007 and 19 January 2007) Paper provided by Secretariat to the Commission on Poverty on "Transport Support Scheme and Other Measures Proposed in the 2007-2008 Budget to Help the Disadvantaged" [CB(2)1415/06-07(01)] (26 March 2007) Paper provided by the Administration on "Household Income Distribution in Hong Kong" [CB(2)2385/06-07(03)] (10 July 2007) Paper provided by the Administration on "Measures to alleviate poverty" [CB(2)304/04-05(01)] (9 December 2004) Paper provided by the Commission on Poverty on "Commission on Poverty mechanisms in gauging public views" [CB(2)1969/04-05(03)] (23 June 2005) Paper provided by the Commission on Poverty on ""From Welfare to Self-reliance" - Proposed District Pilot - "My STEP" - Supplementary Information" [CoP TFCY Paper 3/2005] (25 January 2006) Paper provided by the Commission on Poverty on ""From Welfare to Self-reliance" - Social Enterprise Development" [CoP Paper 22/2005] (25 January 2006) Paper provided by the Commission on Poverty on "Indicators of poverty - An update for 2005" [CB(2)2727/05-06(03)] (18 July 2006) Paper provided by the Commission on Poverty on "Indicators on Poverty - An Update" [CoP Paper 26/2005] (25 January 2006) Paper provided by the Commission on Poverty on "Policies in Assisting Low-income Employees" [CoP Paper 1/2006] (25 January 2006) Paper provided by the Commission on Poverty on "Promoting Social Enterprise Development in Hong Kong" [CB(2)2461/05-06(01)] (22 June 2006) Paper provided by the Commission on Poverty on "Projects in Building Social Capital for Children and Youth - Supplementary Information" [CoP TFCY Paper 5/2005] (25 January 2006) Paper provided by the Commission on Poverty on "Reinforcing the District-based Approach" [CoP Paper 25/2005] (25 January 2006) Paper provided by the Commission on Poverty on "Report on Working Poverty - Assistance and Support to working-poor households" [CB(2)2727/05-06(01)] (18 July 2006) Paper provided by the Commission on Poverty on "Tackling Intergenerational poverty - Concept Paper" [CoP TFCY Paper 4/2005] (25 January 2006) Paper provided by the Commission on Poverty on "Work progress of the Commission on Poverty" [CB(2)1969/04-05(02)] (23 June 2005) Paper provided by the Commission on Poverty on "Work progress of the Commission on Poverty and staffing proposal of the Commission Secretariat" [CB(2)1316/04-05(03)] (28 April 2005) Paper provided by the Efficiency Unit on "Information on outsourcing government services" [CB(2)2477/05-06(01)] (22 June 2006) Paper provided by the Equal Opportunities Commission on "Study on women in poverty" [CB(2)1706/05-06(03)] (27 April 2006) Paper provided by the Health, Welfare and Food Bureau on "Government Policies and Measures in Alleviating Poverty" [CB(2)1132/04-05(03)] (22 March 2005) Powerpoint presentation materials provided the Administration on "Pilot scheme on Head-Start Programme" (Chinese version only) [CB(2)1148/04-05(01)] (22 March 2005) Reply dated 29 December 2005 from the Chief Secretary for Administration's Office [CB(2)532/04-05(01)] (14 January 2005) Reply letter dated 27 September 2005 from the Private Secretary to the Chief Executive on the research on financial security in old age conducted by the Central Policy Unit [CB(2)2684/04-05(02)] (21 July 2005) Report of the Commission on Poverty (Chinese version only) (18 June 2007) Statistics provided by Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) on the characteristics of part-time employees and their wage level in the second quarter of 2005 [CB(2)1841/05-06(01)] (27 April 2006) Statistics provided by the Census and Statistics Department on employment and household income [CB(2)347/05-06] (13 December 2005) Statistics provided by the Census and Statistics Department relating to employment and earnings, education level and health conditions of male and female in Hong Kong from 2001 to 2005 [CB(2)1244/05-06] (28 February 2006) Statistics provided by the Census and Statistics Department on those households with at least one employed member and the household income is below half of the median income of the households of the corresponding size, which are compiled based on the findings of the General Household Surveys from 1998 to the third quarter of 2005 [CB(2)622/05-06(01)] (13 December 2005) The Administration and the Mandatory Provident Fund Authority's response on the number of employers and employees involved in the offsetting of long service payment/severance payment by the accrued benefits [CB(2)2442/06-07(01)] (18 June 2007) The Administration's power-point presentation material on "Household income distribution in Hong Kong" [CB(2)2480/06-07] (10 July 2007) The Administration's response on the number of Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) elder cases in which the applicants were allowed to apply for CSSA on an individual basis in the past five years [CB(2)2415/06-07(01)] (14 May 2007) The Administration's supplementary information on the provision of fee waiving places under the After School Care Programme, the number of application of exemption of the residence requirement under the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme and a breakdown of job placement statistics under the New Dawn Project [CB(2)720/06-07(01)] (9 November 2006) Thematic Report : Household Income Distribution in Hong Kong published by Census and Statistics Department (10 July 2007)