Socioeconomics

Chinese people want equal opportunities, not equal income

18 Oct 2012

Will income distribution reform finally be launched in China? Reports said the blueprint - already eight years in the making - will be unveiled this month after repeated delays. What's in it is a...

Poverty level in Hong Kong to be defined

27 Sep 2012

The city will define a poverty line, taking a big step towards recognising and alleviating the plight of low-income earners, a government-appointed working group says.

Shanty towns transformed into vibrant communities in Brazil

10 Sep 2012

New hope is sprouting near a future Brazil 2014 World Cup soccer stadium, where a once crime-ridden shanty town has emerged as a vibrant community with skyrocketing property values.

Commission can fight poverty with long-term strategy

28 Aug 2012

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has decided to revive the Commission on Poverty which was scrapped in 2007.

Mobility is the new job security

25 Aug 2012

In my line of work, job security is always a concern; all professionals who make career moves are looking not only for advancement, but also stability.

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

Checking in for a travel boom

Soaring numbers of Chinese tourists packed onto flights out of the country is a sure sign that a fast-growing consumer class of about 130 million is not worried that the likely slowest year of...

Help for elderly must not end at stopgap measures

The week before last, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying announced an interim package of welfare measures. Perhaps inevitably, some critics claimed it was just an attempt to divert attention from the...

Billions more for struggling elderly

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying yesterday delivered a multibillion-dollar package of relief measures to improve the lives of the elderly poor and boost the development of social enterprises.

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Nature's riches

How did Hong Kong top a global liveability ranking associated with the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)?

Don't blame Donald for Hong Kong's housing problems

In the second of a three-part series on the [former] chief executive's time in office, we look at his failure to solve the intractable problems buffeting the housing sector.

SCMP,...

Lift the burden on those hardest hit by private-sector housing costs

Mrs Lee, a recipient of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance scheme, squeezes her family into a small cubicle apartment in Sham Shui Po.