Govt responsible for building healthy pension system for migrant workers

LESS THAN ONE-SIXTH OF MIGRANT WORKERS over 40 years old will enjoy a pension when they stop working, government figures show. And the problems in the pension system are casting a dark shadow over the country's economic and social development. Comments:

With the problems in the pension system becoming ever more serious, supporting people in their old age is not solely a matter of unified national planning, it also requires systematically clarifying the government's responsibilities and the boundaries of those responsibilities. It is the duty of the government to come up with both a catch-all pension system and to provide basic public services for the care of the elderly. As for middle and high-end care services for the aged, the government needs to design an institutional platform that offers room for private providers.

Southern Metropolis Daily, Oct 13