Reflecting on the three major problems of poverty in Hong Kong from the success of "The Infinite Road"

The documentary "The Infinite Road" about poverty alleviation in the Mainland has been broadcast for some time and has won a lot of praise.

TVB's production team spanned 6 provinces and visited 14 backward areas that were once deeply impoverished, presenting a lot of real and shocking images to the audience.

The effective poverty alleviation in the Mainland is largely due to the active intervention and massive investment of the central government. Does this approach have any reference for solving the social and people’s livelihood problems that have plagued Hong Kong for a long time?

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The traditional view is that Hong Kong is facing "relative poverty" while the problem in the Mainland is "absolute poverty." The nature is different and it is naturally difficult to equalize.

However, since the reunification, the life of the people at the bottom has become increasingly anxious, and the number of poor people has repeatedly hit record highs. The problem is not serious.

The Government’s "Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report 2020" shows that there were 1.653 million poor people last year, with a poverty rate of 23.6%, a record high since 2009. About one in four Hong Kong people is "poor."

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The government claims that the resources devoted to improving people's livelihood and alleviating the poor have been increasing. However, since the resettlement of the Poverty Alleviation Committee in 2012, the poverty problem seems to have not improved, and it is worsening. What is the reason?

In fact, apart from the two interacting economic structural factors that de-industrialization causes structural unemployment and social "cartelization" hinders people's livelihood (that is, large consortia monopolize the market), the crux of the poverty problem in Hong Kong lies mainly in what the SAR government has actively embraced. ``Positive non-intervention'' governance philosophy...

Wei Leijie,

Doctor of Law, Associate Professor of Xiamen University Law School

For details, please read the 291th "Hong Kong 01" Electronic Weekly Newsletter (November 15, 2021) "

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