Hong Kong welfare chief defends scrapping income-based poverty line amid lawmaker concerns

Hong Kong’s Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Chris Sun, has defended the government's move to scrap the income-based poverty line, sparking debate among lawmakers on how the city will assess poverty levels without it. Sun argued that the old benchmark was flawed and didn’t fully capture the complexities of the local economy. This decision has raised concerns among legislators about the transparency and accuracy of future poverty assessments, highlighting a significant shift in how the government measures socioeconomic challenges in the city.