Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan delivered the 2018 budget at the legislature on Wednesday.
2018 budget in full:
- Pro-democracy lawmakers say budget ‘perpetuates wealth gap’
- Level of gov’t expenditure may have violated Basic Law, says ex-LegCo head
- Hong Kong announces 10,000 free Ocean Park tickets for students
- School diploma fee waiver to have minimal effect on grades, says finance chief
- Theme park to receive HK$310m of taxpayer cash, says finance chief
- Hong Kong gov’t to hand out HK$2,000 to each student in need
- Hong Kong gov’t aims for one social worker per school
- 1.88m Hongkongers to benefit from tax rebates, amid bumper surplus
- Hong Kong unveils HK$250k electric car tax concession
View the budget speech in full below:
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