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20 FEB 2025

Oxfam Hong Kong Submission for The 2025-26 Budget Consultation

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16 OCT 2024

Oxfam’s Response to the 2024 Policy Address

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02 OCT 2024

Hong Kong Poverty Report 2024: Pathways Out of Adversity – Embracing Change Through Transformation

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02 OCT 2024

The Wealth Gap in Hong Kong Surges to 81.9 Times Elderly Poverty Exceed 580,000

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02 SEP 2024

Oxfam Introduces Wearable Heat Stroke Detection System to Improve Climate Adaptability for Outdoor Cleaners in Hong Kong

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02 SEP 2024

氣候變遷下的熱壓力管理 香港外判清潔工的防暑警報系統研究(Chi Only)

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02 SEP 2024

澳門樂施會提交予特首候選人意見書(Chi Only)

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22 MAY 2024

樂施會回應最新最低工資方案(Chi Only)

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28 FEB 2024

Oxfam response to 2024-25 Budget (Chi only)

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08 FEB 2024

樂施會2024-25年度財政預算案意見書(Chi Only)

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25 OCT 2023

Oxfam’s Response to the 2023 Policy Address

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19 SEP 2023

Gaping wealth gap leaves Hong Kong's poorest making 57.7 times less than richest while struggling to recover post-pandemic

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19 SEP 2023

Hong Kong Poverty Report 2023: A Polarised Recovery in the Post-Pandemic Era

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27 APR 2023

2022 Hong Kong Living Wage Study

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27 APR 2023

Oxfam launches Living Wage Charter to encourage employers to pay living wage

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24 APR 2023

樂施會就優化法定最低工資檢討機制提出意見書(Chi Only)

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22 FEB 2023

Oxfam response to 2023-24 Budget (Chi only)

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02 FEB 2023

樂施會2023-24年度財政預算案意見書(Chi Only)

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10 JAN 2023

最低工資未能改善貧富懸殊 無助基層疫後復元(Chi Only)

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19 OCT 2022

Oxfam response to 2022-23 Policy Address (Chi Only)

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05 OCT 2022

Hong Kong Poverty Report: Poverty and Employment During the Pandemic

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05 OCT 2022

Poorest make over 47 times less than richest in Hong Kong as COVID widens gap between rich and poor

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31 AUG 2022

樂施會就 2022/23 年度施政報告的建議(Chi Only)

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02 AUG 2022

「樂施音樂馬拉松2022」開放全新實體和線上參與 文藝氣質女演員蔡思韵慈善拍攝宣傳片 呼籲以音樂籌款扶貧(Chi Only)

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30 JUL 2022

Oxfam and SIE Fund’s first Pay-for-Success project in Hong Kong offers ethnic minority kindergarten students Chinese enrichment classes and online platform for public access of teaching resources

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09 JUN 2022

「一養一」兩老家庭最容易「入不敷支」 八成半長者無法退休 樂施會促新一屆政府檢視安老扶貧政策

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09 JUN 2022

年長人士及長者貧窮與就業問題研究

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24 MAY 2022

就「檢討法定最低工資水平」的意見書(Chi Only)

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21 APR 2022

陽性結果網上申報程序繁複 僱傭修訂條例未通過 基層工友難獲應得病假津貼(Chi Only)

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23 FEB 2022

Oxfam response to 2022-23 Budget (Chi only)

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21 FEB 2022

Oxfam urges government to provide daily COVID test kits to outsourced cleaners (Chi Only)

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08 FEB 2022

Oxfam response to government's support measures for cleaners and temporarily unemployed (Chi Only)

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10 NOV 2021

樂施會回應《2020年香港貧窮情況報告》(Chi Only)

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10 AUG 2021

樂施會就 2021/22 年度施政報告的建議(Chi Only)

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11 APR 2021

Oxfam Hong Kong: Budget failed public Government must offer unemployment allowance

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11 APR 2021

Poll results: ‘Public satisfaction with Budget’ (Chi Only)

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02 FEB 2021

Oxfam Hong Kong strongly opposes minimum wage freeze and pushes for review within next 6 months (Chi only)

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08 DEC 2020

Hong Kong Poverty Report: COVID-19's Effects on Unemployment and the Poor (Chi Only)

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02 SEP 2020

Oxfam's Position Paper on the Policy Address 2020/21 (Chinese only)

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21 JUL 2020

Oxfam Hong Kong’s letter to CS on "Community Testing of COVID-19 for Frontline Property Management Workers" (CTPM) (Chi only)

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09 JUN 2020

Position Paper on the Review of the Statutory Minimum Wage Rate (Chi Only)

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01 JUN 2020

Oxfam launched 'Give A Meal: Oxfam’s Food Support Project for Low-Income Families' (Chi Only)

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26 FEB 2020

Oxfam Response to HKSAR Government’s ‘Anti-epidemic Fund’

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18 FEB 2020

Urgent need to improve outsourced government workers’ working conditions amidst COVID-19

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10 FEB 2020

Oxfam's Position Paper on the Budget 2020 (Chi only)

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20 SEP 2019

Oxfam's Position Paper on the Policy Address 2019/20 (Chinese only)

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19 DEC 2018

Oxfam Hong Kong Programme Team meets with Matthew Cheung, Chief Secretary for Administration and urges government to address worsening poverty Hong Kong

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09 DEC 2018

Oxfam: Introduce HK$54.7/hr living wage to ensure decent standard of living

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09 DEC 2018

Report on Hong Kong Living Wage Research

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25 SEP 2018

Hong Kong Inequality Report

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24 AUG 2018

Oxfam's position paper on policy address 2018/19(Chinese only)

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30 MAY 2018

樂施會回應政府就《消除對婦女一切形式歧視公約》提交的第四次報告項目大綱提交的意見書(Chinese Only)

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12 JAN 2018

樂施會回應政府就《公民權利和政治權利國際公約》實施情況公眾意見諮詢對本港非華語學生的中文教育提交的意見書(Chinese Version Only)

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19 SEP 2017

樂施會就2017/18年度施政報告的建議 「創建人本經濟 共享平等未來」

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15 JUN 2017

Research on Low-Income Casual Work in Hong Kong

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02 MAR 2017

Public Attitudes Towards Poverty in Hong Kong (Chinese Version Only)

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25 DEC 2016

樂施會就2017年度施政報告的建議「改變不公平政策 共創無窮世界」(Chinese Version Only)

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11 OCT 2016

Hong Kong Poverty Report 2011-2015

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14 SEP 2016

Report on Women and Poverty 2001-2015

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24 AUG 2016

樂施會就「修訂《學前教育課程指引》(2006)建議重點(討論稿)」的意見- 須為非華語學童設立中文作為第二語言的指引 (Chinese Version Only)

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07 JAN 2016

Survey on the Enhanced Chinese Learning and Teaching Support For Non-Chinese Speaking Students in Primary and Secondary Schools Executive Summary

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07 JAN 2016

Survey on the Enhanced Chinese Learning and Teaching Support For Non-Chinese Speaking Students in Primary and Secondary Schools Full Report

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23 DEC 2015

Oxfam's position paper on policy address 2016(Chinese only)

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27 OCT 2015

Oxfam's position paper on MPF offset mechanism(Chinese only)

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30 SEP 2015

Report on Hong Kong’s Working Poor (2010 – 2014)

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29 SEP 2015

Number of working poor families rose 10 per cent to almost 190,000 over past five years

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25 JUN 2015

A Study of Development of Bazaars and Employment Opportunities for Low-income Women

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25 JUN 2015

「墟市發展與基層婦女就業」研究調查 內容撮要及政策建議(Chinese Version Only)

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29 DEC 2014

Survey on the Chinese Learning Challenges South Asian Ethnic Minority Kindergarten Students from Low-Income Families Face Executive Summary

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17 JUN 2014

Study on the Basic Cost of Living and the Poverty Line

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01 MAY 2014

就檢討最低工資水平的意見書(CHINESE ONLY)

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01 APR 2014

Second-language education policies abroad and in Hong Kong

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16 DEC 2013

Report on the Living Standards of Working Poor Families with Children: Executive Summary and Policy Recommendations

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16 DEC 2013

Survey on the Living Standards of Working Poor Families with Children in Hong Kong

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01 AUG 2013

Low income subsides in different countries (Chinese Only)

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29 APR 2013

Trends of the Working Poor and Proposal for a Low Income Family Subsidy

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31 JAN 2013

Research on the Living Conditions of Tenant Households Who Have Been on the Waiting List for Public Rental Housing for Over 3 Years - Key Research Findings and the Way Forward

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01 DEC 2012

Research on the Living Conditions of Tenant Households Who Have Been on the Waiting List for Public Rental Housing for Over 3 Years

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13 NOV 2012

Oxfam Hong Kong Poverty Report: Employment and Poverty in Hong Kong Families (2003-2012)

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13 NOV 2012

Record high of over 650,000 people living in working poor households, Oxfam calls for comprehensive income protection policies

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26 OCT 2012

Wellbeing of poor seniors should be priority, says Oxfam Discussion on Old Age Living Allowance funding should resume promptly

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14 AUG 2012

A Study on Poverty Alleviation Mechanisms and Strategies in Selected Places

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14 AUG 2012

A Study on Poverty Alleviation Mechanisms and Strategies in Selected Places (Executive Summary)

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14 AUG 2012

Position Paper on the Reinstatement of the Commission on Poverty

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25 JUN 2012

Feasibility Study of Low-Income Working Family Subsidy

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25 JUN 2012

Oxfam Calls on New Administration to Consider Subsidies for Poor Workers’ Families

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17 APR 2012

Before and After the Statutory Minimum Wage Ordinance in Hong Kong: Survey of Low-income Workers and their Families (Executive Summary)

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17 APR 2012

Before and After the Statutory Minimum Wage Ordinance in Hong Kong: Survey of Low-income Workers and their Families (Full Report)

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17 APR 2012

Poverty in the Hong Kong workforce, despite the minimum wage Oxfam survey reveals 70% of low income workers and their families have more income, but almost half live in deprivation

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01 FEB 2012

Oxfam: The Hong Kong Budget lacks a Comprehensive Policy against Poverty

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01 FEB 2012

Position Paper on Improvement of Work Incentive Transport Subsidy Scheme

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09 JAN 2012

JUST BITE a success!

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31 OCT 2011

Comments on LRC Consultation Paper: CharitiesFrom Oxfam Hong Kong

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26 SEP 2011

Oxfam Hong Kong Policy Recommendations on Food and Poverty in Hong Kong (2011)

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17 AUG 2011

Survey on the Impact of Soaring Food Prices on Poor Families in Hong Kong

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17 AUG 2011

Survey on the Impact of Soaring Food Prices on Poor Families in Hong Kong (Executive Summary)

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19 DEC 2010

Policy Paper on the Living and Health Conditions of Poor Elderly not on Comprehensive Social Security Assistance and their Attitudes towards Social Security

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19 DEC 2010

Research Report on the Livinig and Health Conditions of Poor Elderly not on Comprehensive Social Security Assistance and their Attitudes towards Social Security

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15 DEC 2010

Oxfam comments on Transport allowance scheme

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15 DEC 2010

Part-timers left out in Transport Scheme cold

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19 SEP 2010

Employment and Poverty in Hong Kong Families Report

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26 MAY 2010

Survey on minimum wage and standard working hours 2010 (Chinese report)

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30 SEP 2009

Case study: The Impacts to Small to Medium Enterprises after the legislation of Minimum Wages in HK

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01 MAR 2009

CSSA Perception Survey 2009 (Chinese summary)

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01 JUL 2008

Survey on minimum wage and standard working hours 2008 (Chinese report)

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25 SEP 2007

Employed, but Poor: Poverty among Employed People in Hong Kong

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01 JUL 2007

Perception and Utilization of the CSSA: a Study on the Views of the Public and the Lower Income People (Summary)

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