Poverty line

Hong Kong plans to set its first official poverty line in 2013. The threshold will be decided by a panel of experts at the Commission on Poverty but is expected to be set at half of the median household income.

LEADER

Getting facts on poverty is crucial first step

4 Feb 2013

Governments need facts and figures to do the job of governing properly. Hong Kong's lack of an officially recognised poverty line has meant that the poor are prone to fall through cracks in our...

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Letters to the Editor, February 1, 2013

1 Feb 2013

Legco should back property intervention

The chief executive announced various measures in his policy address to the Legislative Council, aimed at increasing subsidised housing and also at...

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Hong Kong poverty line expected to be set within three months

28 Jan 2013

An official poverty line is expected to be drawn within three months, said a leading professional, as a board of government-appointed experts held a meeting on the issue on Monday.

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Relief measures for the poor after poverty line established: Carrie Lam

28 Jan 2013

"A poverty line will be set up in October to help quantify the poverty-stricken population for a focused analysis," said Lam on a radio programme yesterday.

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One in three old people in Hong Kong are living below the poverty line

27 Jan 2013

The Hong Kong Council of Social Service, which has been tracking poverty in the city for 13 years, says the poverty problem will get even more acute unless it is tackled with long-term plans. The...

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Set clear goals in fight against poverty: think tank

25 Jan 2013

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's anti-poverty blueprint lacks detailed targets, making it difficult for the public to scrutinise its effectiveness, a pro-government think tank has said.

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Officials to have 'rough idea' of Hong Kong poverty line by July

Secretary for Labour and Welfare Matthew Cheung Kin-chung said the Commission on Poverty would have a “rough idea” on how the city’s first poverty line should be set in six months.

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Poverty line will be drawn this year, Matthew Cheung Kin-chung promises

Hong Kong's official poverty line will be drawn this year, welfare chief Matthew Cheung Kin-chung promised yesterday.

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N-nothings are below the poverty line, beyond subsidies

Almost two-thirds of the so-called "N-nothings" – low-income people not receiving any government assistance – live in cramped spaces about the size of a standard Hong Kong bathroom, a survey has...

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POVERTY

200,000 households trapped below energy poverty line

The city's poor do not come home to light at night, heat in winter or cool air in summer. Their priority is being able to afford the electricity bill.

Yip, 54, is one of them, surviving on...

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Hong Kong's new poverty line wins wary support