Commission on Poverty convenes 12th meeting in its second term
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     The Chief Secretary for Administration, Mrs Carrie Lam, chaired the 12th meeting of the Commission on Poverty (CoP) in its second term this afternoon (November 14).

     The CoP continued to discuss the draft consultation document for the upcoming public consultation on retirement protection in December. Members will resume discussions on the remaining chapters at the next meeting.

     Members noted that the Secretariat will revise the draft consultation document with reference to the CoP's deliberations and aim to finalise the text in good time so that the public consultation can be launched in December as scheduled.

Ends/Saturday, November 14, 2015
Issued at HKT 18:06

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