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Poverty report shows Hong Kong is failing its most vulnerableLatest figures show almost a quarter of the Hong Kong’s population is living below the poverty line. The fact poverty is increasing at the same time social welfare spending is ballooning shows a rethink of the government’s approach is urgently needed.

Explainer: One-fifth of Hongkongers live in poverty. Here’s what you need to knowThe government released its annual Poverty Situation Report for 2020, which revealed that around 1.65 million people are struggling – the highest number in 12 years.

Almost one in four Hongkongers lived in poverty: statistics As many as 1.65 million citizens -- 23.6 percent of Hong Kong's 7.5 million population -- lived in poverty last year, the highest since 2009.The statistics were revealed in the government's Ho...

November 10, 2021

Why a mother in subdivided flat was charged HK$4,100 for utilities billCommunity organiser from the Society for Community Organisation (SOCO) says this is one of the loopholes landlords can exploit in the government’s rent cap law which takes effect in January.

November 8, 2021

Videos

Covid hits HK’s homeless hardestOne of the richest cities in Asia, Hong Kong is in the midst of an economic downturn brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, which has pushed hundreds from their homes and taken away vital economic…

March 26, 2022

‘Temple Street Father’ and his life mission helping Hong Kong’s homeless

June 12, 2021

The Hong Kong man who chose to be homeless, and still has no regrets

Jan 28, 2021

‘Home is precious’: Hong Kong ‘McRefugee’ struggles with loneliness after return to ransacked flat

September 19, 2021

COVID-19 In Hong Kong: Plight Of The Poor In One Of World’s Richest Cities | Insight | Full Episode

Dec 1, 2020

Jobless Hongkongers fight to survive during pandemicDiane Lau is among tens of thousands of Hongkongers struggling to make ends meet after the coronavirus pandemic hit her city on the heels of anti-government protests that began in June 2019. The…

August 16, 2020

Hong Kong cage home resident finds space too small for self-quarantine amid coronavirus outbreak

March 14, 2020

This is what a day looks like for a poor person in Hong Kong amidst the coronavirus outbreak

February 26, 2020

無家者生活誌 Life Stories of the Homeless

May 8, 2019

Extreme poverty in Hong Kong: homeless life on a footbridge

September 5, 2018

Hong Kong: 20% lives in poverty

November 17, 2017

Rich City, Poor Kids

November 17, 2017

Get Rea!: Hong Kong's world of cubicle dwellers | Full episode

November 17, 2017

[SoCO] Too Small to Swing a Cat (2015)

May 8, 2017

The Other Faces of Hong Kong (SoCO)

October 15, 2015

Collecting for rent in pricey Hong Kong, one cardboard box at a time

October 26, 2014

Restaurant waste served up as food called ’pagpag’ by poor Filipinos struggling to survive

July 27, 2019

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