Abstract
Abstract At present, Hong Kong does not have a publicly-managed mandatory contributory retirement protection scheme. The Hong Kong Government launched a consultation on the universal pension scheme in 2015. The Government’s plan provoked many controversies and eventually failed. This paper will examine the problem of the welfare ideology and system in Hong Kong from a historical perspective, taking the universal pension scheme as an example. This paper argues that the reason for the failure of the universal pension scheme was that Hong Kong people do not have a complete sense of citizenship and hold a distorted welfare ideology for historical reasons. This paper is one of the first to offer some reflections on the question of poverty and lack of social justice from a historical perspective.
Highlights
The universal pension scheme is one of the most controversial welfare policies in Hong Kong to have emerged in the past decade
This paper argues that the reason for the failure of the universal pension scheme was that Hong Kong people do not have a complete sense of citizenship and hold a distorted welfare ideology for historical reasons
These social movements have not been able to change the political and economic structure of Hong Kong. They have even led to more discord in Hong Kong society (Yu, 2019; Purbrick, 2019) and tighter control from China (Stone, 2020). It seems that these deep-rooted social and political problems will continue in the future, and it will take a long time for Hong Kong people to regain an understanding of civic responsibility and welfare society
Summary
Citation for published version: Yu, A 2021, 'The failure of the welfare ideology and system in Hong Kong: A historical perspective', Human Affairs: Postdisciplinary Humanities and Social Sciences Quarterly, vol 31, no. Published In: Human Affairs: Postdisciplinary Humanities and Social Sciences Quarterly. THE FAILURE OF THE WELFARE IDEOLOGY AND SYSTEM IN HONG KONG: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
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