Hong Kong to use 21 indicators to define poor after dropping income metric

    Hong Kong to use 21 indicators to define poor after dropping income metric

    Hong Kong will measure the size of its poor using a new 21-indicator framework, abandoning the previous income-based metric said to have overestimated the number of underprivileged people by ignoring billions of dollars spent on public housing and healthcare. In a 224-page report released on Thursday, the government also raised the concept of “social transfer…

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