取消薪俸稅

看罷政府最新的財政狀況和任志剛的博文《財政姿態》,筆者不得不提議政府取消薪俸稅。

政府剛公佈二零一七至一八財政年度截至七月底的首四個月,盈餘已高達329億港元,是自一九九九年政府按月公佈收支以來第二高的紀錄。一般來說,政府在財政年度開始時多有赤字:過去十九年,只有零七/零八年及今年,在七月底已有盈餘。零七/零八年盈餘最終是破紀錄的1,237億元,今年可能接近甚或再破紀錄也不出奇。

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Some clauses of the mini-constitution of Hong Kong concern the economic development of the special administrative region of the Mainland China. Among them, I have been always puzzling about how…


Hong Kong Govt Hides Its Incomes and Reserves from the Public’s Knowledge of Its Hugeness

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