Deputy Chief Secretary Warner Cheuk says 11-measure policy drive is a ‘comprehensive’ approach tailored to local needs
2-MIN READ2-MIN ListenLeopold ChenPublished: 5:36pm, 22 Sep 2026Updated: 5:42pm, 22 Sep 2026Hong Kong does not need to emulate Singapore’s generous childbirth incentives, a senior official has said, defending the city’s latest 11-measure policy drive as a “comprehensive” approach tailored to local needs across short-term cash flow, housing and childcare.
Addressing concerns that Hong Kong’s drive was too incremental compared with Singapore’s multi-tier sustained funding, Deputy Chief Secretary Warner Cheuk Wing-hing said on Tuesday that each jurisdiction has its own unique set of circumstances.
“Some people ask, ‘Why don’t you learn from Singapore by pledging a HK$400,000 package?’” he told a radio show. “We approach the matter in different ways and I think it is appropriate for us to launch the current 11 measures.”
Cheuk also rejected suggestions that Hong Kong’s package was “pretending to be generous at the expense of others”.
