Hong Kong Music: The gap between the rich and the poor in Hong Kong has expanded to 81

Hong Kong Le Shi pointed out that in the first quarter of this year, the overall poverty rate in Hong Kong reached 20.2%, that is, more than 1.39 million people were in poverty, and the gap between the rich and the poor expanded to 81.9 times.

The Hong Kong Le Shi Party issued a report on poverty in Hong Kong on the official website on Wednesday (October 2) to disclose the above data.

According to the data analysis of the Government Statistics Office from 2019 to 2023 and the first quarter of this year, in the first quarter of this year, the monthly income of 10%of the households plunged 54.3%to 1600 yuan from 2019 to 1600 yuan.(Hong Kong dollar, the same below, S $ 265), the richest ten % residents exceeded 130,000 yuan, and the gap between the rich and the poor is as high as 81.9 times.

In 2019, this number is 34.3 times.

The report also pointed out that the number of poverty households in Hong Kong increased to 610,000 in the first quarter of this year, accounting for 22.7%of the overall residents, and the number of poverty and old residents also increased by 47.2%compared with 2019 to 131,700 households.

The report also mentioned that the number of poor elderly people 65 or more in Hong Kong exceeded 580,000, of which more than 558,900 were non -economic active people, an increase of 42.9%over 2019, showing that Hong Kong's rich and poor disparity between the rich and poor in Hong KongThe poverty of the elderly is getting worse.

President Zeng Jiahui pointed out that the aging of the population does not necessarily lead to a social crisis. If all sectors of society can facing the goal of active age to create a friendly living environment for the elderly, the elder can also become the society of society.Important capital.

Le Shi suggested that the Hong Kong Government should re -consider setting up the poverty line in order to grasp the situation of comprehensive poverty and trend changes, and establish a "precision poverty alleviation" strategy.Among them, in terms of empowerment, they should join the work of the labor market and provide them with employment training and assistance.

Le Shi also suggested that through the cooperation of officials, merchants and civilians, to bred more innovative projects with social influence; promote active age, establish database identification objects, and provide targeted support; create elastic work opportunities, attract failure not to attract unpaid jobsNon -economic active people who can work for a long time are put into the workplace.