The Social Welfare Department would review a Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) case if it received a report of high spending, Under Secretary for Labour and Welfare Ho Kai-ming said. He included overseas trips to follow celebrities as an example. His answer described a review after a report, not automatic cancellation of assistance for taking a trip.
Ho was responding at a Legislative Council welfare panel meeting on Nov. 9, where Kowloon East legislator Tang Ka-piu asked whether the government would investigate when a household’s spending appeared inconsistent with its financial circumstances.
The question followed coverage of a separate case in Jiangxi, where a vocational-school student travelled to Hong Kong for a concert. Her family’s mainland minimum-livelihood assistance was cancelled, local social-affairs office staff confirmed on Nov. 3, HK01 reported.