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  2. Hong Kong plastic shopping bag environmental levy scheme

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    The Hong Kong plastic shopping bag environmental levy scheme is an environmental levy scheme designed to reduce the manufacture and distribution of plastic shopping bags (PSBs) in Hong Kong. PSBs are made of materials that are not easily degradable, and as such, their extensive disposal is putting pressure on the very limited landfill capacity ...

  3. Comprehensive Social Security Assistance - Wikipedia

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    The laissez-faire economic policy and the so-called "positive non-interventionism" are regarded two key cornerstones of Hong Kong's economic success in post-war decades.. They continue to be the fundamental framework guiding state policy, and are a major obstacle to making major changes in the government's approach to launch new social policy initiatives.

  4. Shopping in Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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    Muji store in Hong Kong The Louis Vuitton branch in Hong Kong Nathan Road in Kowloon. Shopping is a popular social activity in Hong Kong, [1] [2] where basic items for sale do not draw any duties, sales taxation, or import taxation. [3] Only specific import goods such as alcohol, tobacco, perfumes, cosmetics, cars and petroleum products have ...

  5. Companies Registry - Wikipedia

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    Registration creates a branch of that non-Hong Kong company in Hong Kong. [13] Application requires five documents, the Form NN1, a certified copy of the instrument defining the company's constitution, a certified copy of the company's certificate of incorporation, a certified copy of the company's latest published accounts and a Notice to ...

  6. IHSS - Wikipedia

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    IHSS may refer to: Honduran Social Security Institute (Instituto Hondureño de Seguridad Social in Spanish), social security in Honduras Idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis , an older term for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM)

  7. Electronic Payment Services - Wikipedia

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    Electronic Payment Services (simplified Chinese: 易办事; traditional Chinese: 易辦事; pinyin: Yì bànshì), commonly known as EPS, is an electronic payment system based in Hong Kong, Macau, and with limited acceptance in Shenzhen since it began operations in 1985.

  8. Old Age Allowance - Wikipedia

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    Old Age Allowance (OAA), colloquially known as fruit money, is a Hong Kong government programme introduced in 1973 which provides monthly payments of $1,290 to elderly Hong Kong residents. There is no means test for the Higher Old Age Allowance given to recipients of age 70 or above.

  9. The Hong Kong Council of Social Service - Wikipedia

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    The Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS; Chinese: 香港社會服務聯會 or 社聯) is a council coordinating NGOs in the social service field in Hong Kong, established in 1947. The Hong Kong Council of Social Service represent more than 480 Agency Members that provide social services through their 3,000 operating units in Hong Kong.