Oxfam

12 May 2013

Since the Yaan earthquake on April 20, Oxfam staff have often been asked how to best ensure donations are well spent in the community. This is a healthy reminder that keeps pushing us to refine...

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Minimum wage has had minimum effect for working families, Oxfam says

30 Apr 2013

Based on figures from the Census and Statistics Department, the report said that in the fourth quarter of last year, over 170,000 families who were being supported by at least one working person...

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Talking points

29 Apr 2013

Foreign Minister Wang Yi sets out tomorrow to pay official visits to Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei, returning to Beijing on May 5.

2:06AM

Most families wait over four years for public housing, says Oxfam

30 Jan 2013

The government's promise of a maximum three-year wait for public housing is a myth, according to a study by Oxfam Hong Kong released yesterday.

5:49AM

Something new: crazy little things

6 Jan 2013

You have probably bought books, music, films or gadgetry on the internet - but we're willing to bet you've never gone online to purchase a sheep; a walking, breathing, bleating one.

10:55PM

Poverty Commission set to define poverty line

10 Dec 2012

A recognised poverty line for Hong Kong should emerge after the Commission on Poverty's inaugural meeting today, a member of the body said.

"It's a fairly agreed-on consensus already. It's...

2:25PM

Opinion

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

4:13PM

Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

3:35AM

Welfare for working poor depresses wages, benefits greedy employers

[Oxfam director general Stephen] Fisher, who is on the government-appointed Commission on Poverty, said he would urge the authorities to introduce a low-income family allowance for the working...

3:48AM

Pace facts

Some helpful pointers from the pros

The North Face team packing checklist

10:52AM

Rally to the cause

Four young Hong Kong women have found the motivation to swap their heels for hiking boots in preparation for next Friday's Oxfam Trailwalker. They did it by setting themselves ambitious...

6:28PM

JAKE'S VIEW

Keeping Oxfam out of the NGO rabble

"We continue to try and ensure that we influence policy on the causes of poverty, not just drip-feed aid to the symptoms."

Oxfam administrator

4:48AM

Poverty commission must make most vulnerable their priority

The preparatory task force for a Commission on Poverty has been working since July on the terms of reference and composition of the revived commission. Oxfam Hong Kong hopes the new commission...

2:21AM

Time for a Hong Kong children's commission

Although Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has faced a baptism of fire since taking office, a long overdue focus has at least been placed on the plight of the poor.

2:29AM