Most of us can end the temporary experience of hunger. Unfortunately, more than 1.5 million individuals in Hong Kong do not have that choice. These numbers are not new, now even worse. Can we do something? • 1 in 5 people in live in poverty • The poverty line for a one-person family is HK$3,275 per month • 40% of the Hong Kong population live in subsidised public housing • 100,000 people live in coffin, cage homes and rooftops • Over 1,000 people are homeless • Hong Kong has highest income gap between the rich and the poor of any developed economy in the world • The minimum wage, introduced in 2011, is HK$28 per hour • There are 650,000 working poor 300,000 children do not get 3 meals a day • 1 in 3 seniors struggle to meet their basic nutritional needs Sources: Hong Kong Council of Social Services, Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department, SOCO, Oxfam Hong Kong

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