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Among those measures is a proposal to raise the Old Age Allowance, a monthly stipend for the elderly known locally as fruit money, to HK$1,000 ($129). Tsang said that while the increase is reasonable, a means test should be implemented todetermine who is eligible to receive it.
Banana Politics
That prompted two lawmakers to shout at Tsang, demanding there be no means test. One of them threw two bananas at the Legislative Council president's dais, located behind the podium where Tsang was speaking, before both legislators were removed from the chamber.
The start of Tsang's speech was delayed briefly when lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung sought to highlight the increase in prices in the city by waving a banana in front of the chief executive's face. Leung, nicknamed "Long Hair,'' is an activistdemanding greater democracy in Hong Kong.
Leung, wearing a red T-shirt with the face of Che Guevara,was also expelled from the legislature.
[ 本帖最後由 DelMarHeights 於 2008-10-16 02:06 PM 編輯 ]
原帖由 DelMarHeights 於 2008-10-16 10:55 AM 發表 
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Among those measures is a proposal to raise the Old AgeAllowance, a monthly stipend for the elderly known locally asfruit money, ...



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