https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Hong-Kong-welfare-chief-defends-scrapping-income-based-poverty-line-amid-lawmaker-concerns-1024x576.jpg" width="1024" />Hong Kong’s welfare chief has defended the government’s decision to abolish an income-based poverty line, as lawmakers question how the authorities will gauge the city’s poverty levels going forward.
Addressing the Legislative Council’s Panel on Welfare Services on Monday, Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun said that the old poverty benchmark failed to objectively […]