Letters to the Editor, November 19, 2012

There has been much debate about the appropriate level of "fruit money" that should be paid out of government funds to support the elderly in Hong Kong.

However, let us consider the wider picture.

Unlike the situation in too many other parts of the world, nobody can fairly accuse our Hong Kong officials of raking off public money for themselves. Rather to the contrary, in fact, since successive governments have prudently invested huge sums as reserves, rather than spending the money.