The report shows that the gap between the rich and the poor in Hong Kong is larger tha

A latest report shows that the gap between the rich and poor in Hong Kong has further enlated compared to the crown disease.

Comprehensive Ming Pao and Radio Hong Kong reported that the Ledi Party issued a report on poverty in Hong Kong on Tuesday (September 19).More than 1.36 million people are in poverty.

The data of Le Shi will divide the median monthly income of the residents by the government statistics office from 2019 to 2022 and the first quarter of this year.Divided into the richest.In the first quarter of this year, the most poor family in the family of 10 % of the households was only 2,300 yuan (Hong Kong dollars, the same below, about S $ 402), and fell more than three points from the previous epidemic.On the contrary, the most prosperous households in the richest households reached 132,600 yuan, an increase of more than 10 % from 2019.

Hong Kong's poorest and richest 10 % of the percentage of the most monthly income, from 34.3 times before the epidemic in 2019, further expanded to 57.7 times in the first quarter of this year, reflecting that the society is restored after the epidemic.However, the economic recovery of low -income and high -income families is polarized.

In addition, nearly 210,000 people are still in employee after the epidemic, accounting for 6.4%of the employment population.In the first quarter of this year, more than 110,000 people were unemployed in Hong Kong, of which 40%were poverty. More than 57%of the poor and unemployed people were unemployed for two months or more, and 31%unemployed for half a year or more.

President Zeng Jiahui pointed out that although Hong Kong society is full of recovery, the problem of disparity between the rich and poor is getting worse, and the poor families are more "deep in water" and have sounded alarm on the overall society.She urged the government to help grass -roots employment by increasing the minimum wage, creating employment, and providing other causes by considering the loss of foreign workers.At the same time, the government should strengthen its support for family -mounted families, and expand the "community living room" to district 18 according to the proportion of the mortuary population.

Zeng Jiahui also suggested that through the methods of government and merchants, the cultivation of resources to cultivate and support more innovative poverty alleviation projects with social influence to expand the scale and influence of charity.