Dead Get Benefits!

In a stunning victory for dead people everywhere, Hong Kong has awarded welfare benefits to the dead. Expect this pioneering social engineering to come here to the United States soon!

For more than six years after his death in December 1990, the man was sent disability payments by the social welfare department.

This and thousands of other cases of negligence and overpayment by the department — costing taxpayers millions of dollars each year — were listed in the report, discovered by the city's ombudsman in a survey conducted in October last year.

We're not sure, but we suspect this is a measure to secure votes. Therefore, it will be popular with certain activists here in the US. Now this item may or may not be related to the lucrative death benefits issue:

HONG KONG (AFP) - Hong Kong is considering designating areas of its shoreline as sea cemeteries where cremated ashes can be laid to rest, the government said as the city runs out of burial spaces.

The proposal comes in response to growing demand for burials at sea, which have been refused as the government has no set procedure for such services.

"We are exploring with the relevant government departments to designate suitable areas in Hong Kong waters for sea burials and put in place a well devised application mechanism with clear approval criteria and conditions," health chief York Chow told legislators.

Not only welfare for the dead, but beachfront property as well! This is an idea who's time has come. Expect ACORN to jump on this one, post haste.