The legislature’s 1st Standing Committee yesterday continued discussing a government-initiated bill on the non-mandatory central provident fund system, in which lawmakers agreed with the government’s proposal that an employee does not need to contribute to the fund if their monthly salary is less than the statutory minimum wage after deducting the dues payable, while their employer still has to pay the empoyees’ share of the dues for the staff member, according to lawmaker-cum-unionist Kwan Tsui Hang who chairs the committee.
Kwan briefed reporters after a closed-door meeting with government officials at the Legislative Assembly (AL).
The current statutory monthly minimum wage, which only applies to cleaners and doormen employed by the property management sector, is 6,240 patacas.
The legislature’s 1st Standing Committee President Kwan Tsui Hang speaks during yesterday’s post-meeting press briefing. – Photo: Tony Wong
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