Hundreds of underprivileged Hong Kong families fear they will need to cut back on essentials, including academic support for their children, when the government ends a trial handout scheme next month for those awaiting public housing, a survey has found. The Society for Community Organisation (SoCO) said on Sunday that half of the 330 poor…
The earnings of low-income immigrants from mainland China in Hong Kong fell below pre-pandemic levels last year, with the recovery of income levels disrupted by an influx of new workers and a slowdown in consumer spending, a university-led study has found. The study, led by Baptist University (HKBU), collected the employment data of 3,236 working-age…
Cleaner Suen Wai-keung*, 57, has been waiting 16 years for a Hong Kong public housing flat, but does not expect to hear good news about his application any time soon. Earning about HK$12,000 (US$1,540) a month, he spends nearly a quarter of his income, or HK$2,900, on renting a termite-infested cubicle in Sham Shui Po,…