Hong Kong sets its first poverty line
HONG KONG, Sept. 28 -- Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying on Saturday chaired the first Commission on Poverty Summit, at which Chief Secretary and Chairman of the commission Carrie Lam announced the poverty line for 2012 to be 50 percent of median monthly household income before tax and welfare transfers. The 2012 poverty...
Democrats cover more ground at Holland-BT GRC
We reported a couple of weeks ago that SDP members had visited the Toh Yi housing estate in Holland-Bukit Timah GRC. The party was back in the constituency, this time calling on residents in the Bukit Panjang area. Handing out flyers headlined 'A Caring Party That Speaks Up For You', activists spent Sunday morning knocking on...
Government statement on Dinesh Raman reprehensible
We deplore the statement issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs in respect of the late Mr Dinesh Raman s/o Chinniah, entitled Statement regarding the case of Dinesh Raman s/o Chinniah, published on the ministry’s website on 13 September 2013. There is a claim before the courts. The family desires to learn the facts of their...
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