Quarter of HK children live in poverty
13-12-2012
audio Professor Chou Kee-lee spoke to Wendy Wong
A study has found that one-in- four Hong Kong children - or 275,000 - are living in poverty. Researchers at the Hong Kong Institute of Education found the problem to be particularly acute among new immigrant and single-parent families.
Professor Chou Kee-lee - the Associate Head of the institute's Department of Asian and Policy Studies - has urged the government to come up with long-term policies to ensure these deprived children have equal education opportunities.
From the SCMP
About 150 mainland immigrants per day, on average, have moved here since the 1997 handover – about 54,000 per year.
Why is the policy of allowing significant numbers of low level immigrants maintained while new policies such as restricting affordable international curriculum education, tax on Non-PR home buyers are introduced to drive away high level immigrants?