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HONG KONG - Withdrawals from Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) pension accounts by residents who permanently left Hong Kong totaled HK$2.213 billion (US$283.72 million) in the third quarter of 2023, up 1.7% from a year earlier, according to government data.
Data released by the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) on Wednesday showed that a total of 8,700 claims were filed in the July to September quarter, slightly higher than the 8,600 claims in the same period in 2022, equivalent to HK$2.177 billion. In the previous quarter, 7,300 claims were made between April and June, with withdrawals totaling HK$1.787 billion; 6,700 claims were made between January and March, with withdrawals totaling HK$1.573 billion.
The implementation of COVID-19 control measures has played a role in the exodus from Hong Kong. While the city has been closely monitoring China's strict zero-COVID-19 policy, it began easing restrictions last August.
The Mandatory Provident Fund is a mandatory retirement scheme for Hong Kong residents, to which both employees and employers are obliged to contribute. The government reopened border checkpoints in February and lifted all pandemic restrictions from March 1 as part of its efforts to restore business confidence and attract investors after more than three years of strict COVID-19 measures.
Hong Kong's population rose sharply by 152,000 people, or 2.1%, to 7,498,100 in June this year, after a downward trend in 2020 due to the impact of strict COVID-19 measures.
The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority clarified that as scheme members can have multiple accounts, one person can make multiple pension withdrawal claims. In the third quarter of 2023, the total number of claims for various exit reasons, including retirement, reached 68,500. This number represents an 18.9% increase compared to the previous quarter’s 57,600 claims.
香港居民因离境从强积金账户提取22.13亿港元
香港 - 根据政府数据，2023年第三季度，永久离开香港的居民从强制性公积金（MPF）养老金账户中提取的资金总额为22.13亿港元（2.8372亿美元），同比增长1.7%。
强制性公积金计划管理局（积金局）周三公布的数据显示，7月至9月季度共提出申索8,700宗，略高于2022年同期的8,600宗，相当于21.77亿港元。 上季4月至6月期间的索赔金额为7,300宗，提款总额为17.87亿港元； 一月至三月期间共提出 6,700 宗索赔，提款总额达 15.73 亿港元。
COVID-19 控制措施的实施对香港人口外流起到了一定作用。 虽然该市一直在密切关注中国严格的零新冠肺炎 (COVID-19) 政策，但去年 8 月开始放松限制。
强制性公积金是香港居民的一项强制性退休计划，雇员和雇主都有义务向该计划供款。 政府在 2 月份重新开放了边境检查站，并从 3 月 1 日起取消了所有疫情限制，这是在三年多严格的 COVID-19 措施之后恢复商业信心和吸引投资者努力的一部分。
香港人口在 2020 年因严格的 COVID-19 措施的影响而出现下降趋势后，今年 6 月大幅增加 152,000 人，即 2.1%，达到 7,498,100 人。
强制性公积金计划管理局澄清，由于计划成员可拥有多个账户，因此一人可多次提出提取退休金的申索。 2023年第三季度，因包括退休在内的各种退出原因索赔的总人数达到68,500人。 与上一季度的 57,600 起索赔相比，这一数字增加了 18.9%。
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