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1. Hong Kong.

Subjects
POLITICAL risk (Foreign investments), HONG Kong (China) politics & government, 1997-, SUBSIDIES, POOR people, INVESTORS, ECONOMIC history
Abstract

The article reports on political, financial, and economic developments in Hong Kong as of February 2014 and assesses its country risk. Topics include chief executive Leung Chun-ying's plan to offer a subsidy program for Hong Kong's poorest families, his infrastructure initiatives to spark interest from foreign investors, and the possibility of reduced activity rates as China's economy slows. Also presented is a commentary on Hong Kong's politics and economy published on September 1, 2013.

Published
2014

2. Hard rain.

Subjects
*PUBLIC housing, *SARS disease, *SOCIOECONOMICS, *POOR people, *ECONOMICS, *POLITICAL participation, *ECONOMIC history
Abstract

The article reports that disgruntled people in Hong Kong have taken to throwing trash out their windows to relieve their emotions. A number of people have been taken to emergency rooms with scissors lodged in their skulls. Everything from cigarette butts to matresses have been seen flying from the windows of housing estates. The windows themselves are also falling, as the post-SARS economic recovery has failed to improve the lot of the poor.

Published
2006

3. A Poor Solution?

Author

Seno, Alexandra A.

Subjects
WELFARE recipients, POOR people, POVERTY, GOVERNMENT policy, ECONOMIC history
Abstract

Reports that Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa has declared his intent to break the cycle of poverty in China by allowing welfare recipients to move to Fujian province in China, where their $300 monthly benefit will go further. Details of the poverty plan; Potential influence of the plan on class tension; Comments from opposition leader, who says the move proves that the government wants only the rich in Hong Kong and wants the poor to move away.

Published
2005

4. Hong Kong's underclass struggles to be heard.

Author

Tefft, Sheila

Subjects
*POOR people, *ECONOMIC history
Abstract

Features Hong Kong's underclass and the efforts of the social worker Ho Hei-wah, who is championing the cause of immigrants, elderly and the poor. Unbearable economic disparities in Hong Kong exposing the chinks in private enterprises; Declining wages, unemployment and the increasing rich-poor divide. INSET: Supermarkets catch on in Southern China..

Published
1995

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