Cash handout distribution completed

The distribution of funds for the 2016 “Wealth Partaking Scheme,” or cash handout system, was completed on Friday, according to a statement from the Finance Services Bureau (DSF).
The bureau stated that approximately 212,901 beneficiaries received the handout by bank transfer, totaling more than MOP1.87 billion. Meanwhile approximately 469,492 crossed cheques have been mailed to residents amounting to more than MOP4.04 billion, according to the DSF.
The Civil and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) is responsible for handling enquires relating to the cash handout system. As of Friday, IACM announced that some 19,478 enquiries have been processed; of which the vast majority were personal visits (12,362).
According to the IACM, personal visits to the center “were mainly for re-issuance of cheques,” though in fact this only accounted for some 2,884 cases.
The second most popular channel, according to the statement, was telephone enquiry, which totaled 7,130 or 36.6 percent of the enquiries. However, the combined number of telephone enquiries and personal visits exceeds the number of total enquiries according to DSF statistics.
Although distribution has now been completed, residents in need of assistance can still go to the IACM’s service center for enquiries regarding handouts for the current and past years.