HK$6,000 MPF Injection Excludes Civil Servants, Sparks Anger

What happened?

The Financial Secretary announced a HK$24 billion surplus injection into MPF accounts — HK$6,000 each — but civil servants on old pension terms and government-school teachers were excluded. The government later extended it to 60,000 subsidised-school teachers, yet 120,000 pensionable civil servants remain left out. The police inspectors’ association calls it unfair and may join the 6 March budget protest.

Why the fury?

Top officials earning millions a year benefit, while far lower-paid frontline officers don’t — discrimination, says the association’s chairman.