Community Care Fund

Community Care Fund () was suggested by Donald Tsang Yum-kuen, who was the Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2005-2012, in the 2011 Policy address of Hong Kong.

It is a charitable trust fund which collects five billion dollars from the government and the business sector respectively. The purpose is to provide a wide variety of financial support which are excluded in Comprehensive Social Security Assistance for the poor in order to ease the confrontational sentiments and reduce the hatred emotions towards the rich people. The Finance Committee discussed about contributing five billions to the Community Care Fund on 13 May 2011 and it was passed with twenty seven votes agreeing, six votes disagreeing and twelve votes abstaining. The Fund started in the second half year of 2011 and the fund is managed by Steering Committee of the Community Care Fund.

The chairperson of the Steering Committee is the Administrative Secretary. The committee members include twenty members who are from different areas like business, community welfare, education, medical treatment, political, labours and regional and four members from the government .They are responsible for supervising and the overall planning of the fund.

The Executive committee under the steering committee is responsible for giving suggestions according to the target needy groups, funding amounts, arrangements of fund-raising and other financial and administrative issues. Four subcommittees (Education, Home affairs, Medical and Welfare) are responsible for the implementation of new projects.

It aimed to subsidize students from low-income families to participate in cross-boundary learning activities, which enable them to widen their horizons and gain special learning experiences. The target participants are Primary 1 to Secondary 7 students studying in Hong Kong, they should be full or half granted by the Student Financial Assistance Agency (SFAA).

Covering Period: July 2011 to June 2014

It provides subsidies for patients with financial difficulties to pay medical bills. The targeted recipients are cancer patients. To fit the eligibility criteria, the patient must be eligible within the meaning of the latest relevant government gazette published under the HA Ordinance. Indication and commencement of treatment must be supported by a designated HA doctor as stipulated under the prevailing clinical guidelines. Moreover, an applicant must pass a household-based financial assessment conducted by the Medical Social Workers (MSWs).

Covering Period: August 2011 (First Phase), January 2012 – August 2012 (Second Phase)

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