HK Government urged to scrutinise NGOs’ salary expenditure

Some heads of NGOs receiving subsidies from Hong Kong government have been found getting exceptionally high salaries. The current subsidy system was rolled out in 2001, providing a lump sum grant to NGOs that covered part of the salary and employee welfare expenditures and other administrative charges that the non-governmental organisations could not fully afford through their service fee income. Cheung Mo Ching reports.

HK Government urged to scrutinise NGOs’ salary expenditure Source: Flickr - Max Ng (CC BY 2.0)