Most of us can end the temporary experience of hunger. Unfortunately, more than 1.5 million individuals in Hong Kong do not have that choice.
· Poverty rate = 15.2%, around 1.02 million people / 403,000 households
· 1 in 5 people in live in poverty
· The poverty line for a one-person family is HK$3,600 per month
· 40% of the Hong Kong population live in subsidised public housing
· At least 170,000 people live in coffin, cage homes and rooftops
· Over 1,000 people are homeless
· Hong Kong has highest income gap between the rich and the poor of any developed economy in the world
· The minimum wage is HK$30 per hour
· There are 644,000 working poor
· 1 in 3 of our elderly are living below the poverty line
· 1 in 4 underprivileged children do not get 3 meals a day
· 1 in 5 of our children are living below the poverty line
* as at 2012 census report
Source: news.gov.hk, SCMP, feeding hk, Hong Kong Council of Social Services, Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department, SOCO, Oxfam Hong Kong, Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department, 2011 & 2013; Action research by SoCO, 2011; and “Survey on Subdivided Units in Hong Kong”, 2013; conducted by Policy 21 Ltd with commission of the Long Term Housing Strategy Steering Committee
