https://www.scmp.com/rss/505270/feed Mehvesh Mumtaz Ahmed is director of research at the Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com This month, the Hong Kong General Chamber of Social Enterprises released a survey underlining the plight of the city’s social enterprises as they struggle with the coronavirus epidemic. The study, conducted in late February, revealed that the average turnover of most of the 214 companies surveyed more than halved in January and February compared with the same period last year. Nearly 20 per cent of those surveyed had no revenue at all. Education and training enterprises were the worst... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3075733/social-enterprises-are-needed-more-ever-amid-covid-19-and-asia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3075733/social-enterprises-are-needed-more-ever-amid-covid-19-and-asia?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Mar 2020 23:00:13 +0000