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2.8 million Hongkongers to get cash handout of up to HK$4,000 each

2.8 million Hongkongers to get cash handout of up to HK$4,000 each

2.8 million Hongkongers to get cash handout of up to HK$4,000 each Source: Flickr - Peretz Partensky (CC BY-SA 2.0)

The handouts will cost the government HK$11 billion, as it bows to intense public and political pressure to share the citys HK$138 billion surplus with more residents.



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