Oxfam report says median monthly income of Hong Kong's poorest 10% of households is only HK$1,600, with the wealth gap at 81.9 times

An Oxfam report from October 2024 (using data from the first quarter of 2024) shows that the median monthly income of Hong Kong's poorest 10% of households was HK$1,600, down 54% from HK$3,500 in 2019, while the richest 10% earned 101,000; the gap between rich and poor widened from 34.3 times to 81.9 times, the poverty rate was 2.2%, and about 1.39 million people lived below the poverty line. The government's poverty report has not been updated since 2021.

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2026-10-22 06:32 · 一个狠人发布了新视频：香港財政儲備只夠花九個月！900公頃熟地賣不掉也得造、全靠港府兜底、借錢借出盈餘還要挪外匯基金1500億、不達標就學中共改口徑、最窮一成家庭月入僅1600元！官員記功、老百姓買單

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