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July 22, 2021 Yan Zhao HONG KONG (AFP) – Squeezed into a tiny temporary apartment, Rainbow and her family struggle to make ends meet in Hong Kong, where the number of households in poverty has soared during recent political turmoil and the coronavirus pandemic. For much of the last year, Rainbow’s electrician husband left their 290 square-foot studio flat each morning to look for work. Most days he returns empty-handed. “Before the pandemic, he could regularly work for 20-25 days a month, but now he only gets four to five days of work,” the 43-year-old told AFP, asking to use just he...
Pandemic and politics leaves Hong Kong's poor languishing Issued on: 21/07/2021 - 05:42 The number of Hong Kong households in poverty has soared during recent political turmoil and the coronavirus pandemic Anthony WALLACE AFP 4 min Hong Kong (AFP) Squeezed into a tiny temporary apartment, Rainbow and her family struggle to make ends meet in Hong Kong, where the number of households in poverty has soared during recent political turmoil and the coronavirus pandemic. For much of the last year, Rainbow's electrician husband left their 290 square-foot (...