(Hong Kong News) A latest report of the International Poverty Alleviation Organization's Lexian shows that the disparity between the rich and the poor in Hong Kong has continued to deteriorate under the epidemic of crown disease, and the gap between the rich and the poor has expanded to more than 47 times.
According to Hong Kong 01 reports, Ledixi issued a report on poverty in Hong Kong on Wednesday (October 5): Poverty and employment in Hong Kong, analyze the data of the Statistics of the Government Statistics Office from 2019 to 2022,EssenceThe survey divided the resident's monthly income into 10 levels; the first level was the poorest, and the 10th level was the richest, and compared the monthly income of different levels.
The survey found that the gap between the rich and the poor in Hong Kong expanded from 34.3 times before the epidemic to 47.3 times the first quarter of this year.Among them, the poor first -level residents' monthly income from 3,500 yuan in 2019 (Hong Kong dollars, the same below, about 635 S $ 635) to 2,700 yuan in 2022, and the maximum monthly income is up to 120,000 yuan to 120,000 yuan to 120,000 yuan7600 yuan.In addition, the median income of the second and third -level residents has also fallen by nearly 10 %; on the contrary, the seventh to 10th levels have increased, reflecting the poorer of the poor in the epidemic, the richer the rich, the disparity between the rich and the poorThe more serious the situation.
According to the minimum wage regulations in Hong Kong, starting from May 1, 2019, the statutory minimum wage level has been raised to 37.5 yuan per hour.This number has not been raised since 2019.
Huang Shuohong, the director of the project of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, said that the system of two years of inspection means that the lower grass -roots citizens must be frozen for two years.The Ledi party urged the government to transfer the minimum wage to 45.4 yuan per hour, implement one year for one year, and extend the temporary unemployment support plan.
