Social welfare

S Korea's economy must top Park Geun-hye's agenda

3 Mar 2013

South Korea's recently-inaugurated president, Park Geun-hye, has perhaps the most unenviable job of all Northeast Asia's new leaders. A host of challenges await her attention, the biggest being an...

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

3 Mar 2013

If two different forecasts made by our statisticians over the space of just two years can barely get within half a million people of each other for the year 2039 and entirely ignore an external...

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Budget promises bounty, but relief measures likely smaller

18 Feb 2013

Relief measures, including the waiver of property rates and public housing rents, as well as a tax rebate, are expected to be unveiled by Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah in the current...

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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...

Doctor wants more done for children of prisoners

31 Jan 2013

A Belgian psychologist in Beijing who has devoted the past 15 years to safeguarding the welfare of children of convicts is helping authorities develop national standards for child-protection...

Opinion

Wang Xiangwei

Super ministries may not be the right answer for mainland China

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

George Chen

A house is not a home until it becomes affordable

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

"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.

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

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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Elderly abuse complaints rise 23pc, NGO says

Complaints about abuse of the elderly have risen by 23 per cent over the past three years, a welfare agency says - with most of the claims relating to children pocketing their parents' welfare...

WELFARE

Leung 'betrayed' my support, says veteran social worker Ho Hei-wah

Social work veteran Ho Hei-wah, who backed Leung Chun-ying to be chief executive, says the city's leader "betrayed" his support by breaking his election promises in his "extremely disappointing"...

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CY Leung must use policy address to deliver on his promises

Expectations before Wednesday's policy speech have surged to such a high level that they risk becoming another crisis if Leung Chun-ying fails to comfort an increasingly demanding public.

Poor citizens' health problems

The findings of a University of Hong Kong study on health care for the poor ("Health of poor an urgent case", January 6) should provide Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying with some vital food for...