The ‘Hong Kong Inequality Report’ (on the left) was released by Oxfam on Sept 2018, revealed that poverty has worsened over the last 15 years: the richest now earn 44 times more than poorest and according to the latest statistics, there are over 1.3 million people living in poverty. Oxfam thus urges the government to make poverty alleviation and reducing inequality in Hong Kong a top priority in the upcoming policy address. The agency also called on the government to make progressive policy changes to address the problem, build a human economy and reduce inequality by increasing recurrent expenditure by HK$36.7 billion, which should be spent on public services to benefit citizens, and to improve labor protection and benefits.