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One in six poor Hong Kong families go hungry, Oxfam survey says
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 18 - 08 - 2011


One in six poor families living in affluent Hong
Kong see their children going hungry on a regular basis because they
cannot afford food, a report by Oxfam Hong Kong said Thursday, according to dpa.
The survey, conducted by Hong Kong University, found 16 per cent
of families living below the poverty line were in a state of "high
food insecurity," meaning their children were often hungry.
Around one third said they worried about not being able to feed
their children in the future.
Seven out 10 admitted feeding leftovers to their children an
average of 3.5 times a week, while one in six said they often ate
food which had passed or almost passed its expiry date with 6 per
cent falling sick as a result over the last year.
The survey questioned 600 families with children under 15 between
May and July whose income was less than half the median household
income of 9,800 Hong Kong dollars (1,250 US dollars) for a family of
four.
According to Oxfam, the city of 7 million, of which around 100,000
are US-dollar millionaires, has 534,100 people in 144,400 families
with children who fall below the poverty line.
Kalina Tsang, of Oxfam Hong Kong, said the survey findings were
staggering and called on the government to increase meal allowances
for the poor and to improve meal services in the light of growing
inflation.
"Poor families with children are being hard hit by the food price
crisis, and the situation will worsen in the second half of 2011,"
Tsang said.
Oxfam said the trends in Hong Kong mirrored those all over the
world with the number of hungry people in the world exceeding 1
billion for the first time in history.
Hong Kong has one of the world's biggest rich-poor divides,
according to a 2010 Oxfam survey which found the richest 10 per cent
of households earn 27 times more than the poorest 10 per cent.


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