Audit officials have asked the Social Welfare Department to look at ways to better estimate the number of street sleepers who were not registered. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong homeless numbers rise, but resources not enough to cope with problem, Audit Commission warns
- Fewer than 40 per cent of registered street sleepers received support from government subsidised groups in the last year
- One academic estimates at least 3,000 people live on the streets compared with 1,564 official number of registered homeless
Audit officials have asked the Social Welfare Department to look at ways to better estimate the number of street sleepers who were not registered. Photo: Edmond So
