Welfare recipients and mainlanders may be in the minority in Hong Kong but their voices are being heard loud and clear in the Legislative Council by-election.
And one of the candidates contesting the Hong Kong Island seat on December 2 says some people are not too happy about this.
Single mother and heritage activist Ho Loy, 42, who lives on comprehensive social security assistance, says she had faced blatant discrimination since declaring her candidacy.
'Some residents have asked me, 'How can you be a legislator? You aren't even handling your own life well. You can't even manage to have your daughter go to school'.'
Ms Ho has been criticised for not sending her nine-year-old daughter to school. Recalling cramped living conditions during her childhood, the major plank of Ms Ho's platform is a demand for a housing policy review.
She said the income ceiling for public housing families should be raised.
