The Hong Kong government allocated two-thirds of a HK$90 million budget to revamp the transport fare concession scheme for elderly and disabled persons. The scheme is reportedly used frequently by beneficiaries who take over eight trips daily.

The revamp to Hong Kong’s HK$2 (26 US cents) transport fare concession scheme for the elderly and disabled carried a HK$90 million price tag, with the government paying two-thirds, a Legislative Council finance committee paper revealed on Wednesday. It also showed that about 220 beneficiaries averaged more than 240 trips a month – equivalent to more than eight trips daily – with one hitting as many as 20 trips a day, in the first year of real-name registration. The government adjusted the scheme...