The Poverty Alleviation Committee met this afternoon (10th) to discuss the "2020 Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report". It is the first meeting chaired by Chief Secretary for Administration Li Jiachao. The data reflects the impact of the new crown epidemic on grassroots income and lives.
According to the news, Hong Kong’s poor population reached 1.653 million last year, and the poverty rate reached 23.6%, an increase of 162,000 over the previous year, a record high since 2009, with 1 out of every 5 people in poverty.
According to news, Hong Kong’s poor population reached 1.653 million last year, and the poverty rate reached 23.6%, an increase of 162,000 over the previous year.
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Cross-border bus drivers suspended work during the past year and the epidemic has fallen into the poverty line. Luo Zhiguang said that the Hong Kong government did not set a poverty line higher than the poverty line. Luo Zhiguang said that the poverty line is not the poverty line. "Poverty Alleviation Line" 1.38 million "poor people" do not live below the poverty line. The government has set up a poverty line and approved by groups that have not set a poverty alleviation target and have no intention of eliminating poverty.
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