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Budget Plan

 

Scheme $6000 六千元計劃

 

例子：Under “Scheme $6000”, a sum of HKD$6000 will be given to each Hong Kong permanent resident aged 18 or above.

 

hand out cash 派錢

(phrasal verb 片語動詞)

 

例子：It was a precedence that the Hong Kong government directly handed out cash to its residents.

 

precedence 先例  (noun 名詞)

unprecedented 史無前例的  (adjective 形容詞)

 

例子：Handing out cash directly to its residents was an unprecedented step of returning wealth to the people by the Hong Kong government. 

 

handout (n.) ► a cash handout 派錢

例子：Hong Kong people are expecting to have cash handouts in the future.

 

tax rebate (refund) 退稅 / tax cut減稅

(noun 名詞)

 

例子：The government may consider other methods such as tax rebate or tax cut.

 

surplus盈餘 / deficit赤字

(noun 名詞)

 

例子：Handing out money is easy in surplus years, but the government has to consider whether or not to continue handing out money in deficit years.

 

grassroots草根階層

(noun 名詞)

 

例子：“Scheme $6000” is of tremendous help to the grassroots.

 

 Some commonly-used phrases

 

one-off measure一次性措施

例子：It is a one-off measure but not a policy to hand out cash directly to the people.

 

returning wealth to the people 還富於民

例子：Returning wealth to the people is in line with (符合) the money management philosophy of a “small government, large society, large market”.

 

expedient act 權宜之計

例子：The government’s handouts of cash was an expedient act in response to the political situation.

 

reaping without sowing 不勞而獲

例子：Handing cash to almost everyone in the society suggests reaping without sowing. 

   
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