Baoshan Township increases gift money for the elderly and birthday gift money. Elderly people over 65 years old can receive up to 30,000 yuan.

Increase the amount of gifts for the elderly and birthday gifts in Baoshan Township, Hsinchu County before choosing! The additional budget proposed by the township office was approved by the representative meeting, which expands the long-standing Double Ninth Festival gift money to the elderly. From this year, elders aged 65 to 79 can also receive the gift money. As for the birthday gift, it will be increased from 2,000 yuan to each elder over 65 years old.

Baoshan Township Chief Qiu Zhenwei said that by the end of July this year, there were 2,924 elders over 65 years old in the township, 6 of whom were centenarians. The Double Ninth Festival gift money for the elderly has been distributed in the township for more than 10 years; when he first became the township head 4 years ago, the birthday gift money was revised down from only being given to elders over 70 years old to everyone over 65 years old.

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He said that in the past, elders over the age of 80 received 3,000 yuan per year as gift money. This year, after reviewing the overall financial capacity, and after deliberation and approval by the Representative Council, it was decided to expand the payment, that is, everyone over 65 years old can receive it, but those aged 65 to 79 will receive 2,000 yuan, those aged 80 to 89 will receive 3,000 yuan, those aged 90 to 99 will receive 10,000 yuan each, and those over 100 will receive 30,000 yuan.

The birthday gift was originally RMB 2,000 for those aged 65 to 89, RMB 3,000 for those aged 90 to 99, and RMB 10,000 for those over 100 years old. This time, the age range and payment amount of the Chongyang Respect for the Elderly gift have been revised simultaneously: RMB 2,000 for those aged 65 to 79, RMB 3,000 for those aged 80 to 89, RMB 10,000 for those aged 90 to 99, and RMB 30,000 for those aged over 100.

Qiu Zhenwei said that a total of 5.5 million additional measures for respecting the elderly were implemented. Birthday gifts will be distributed according to the new system starting from August this year, and Double Ninth Festival gifts for the elderly will be distributed according to each village in the lobby on the first floor of the office starting from October 5.