Poverty Campaign: Speak Up

Poverty Campaign: Speak Up
Genre	Televised forum, society show
Starring	Hong Kong citizens
Country of origin	Hong Kong
Original language(s)	Cantonese
No. of episodes	3
Production
Running time	approx. 35 minutes
Release
Original network	Television Broadcasts Limited
Original release	April, 2008 – April, 2008

Poverty Campaign: Speak Up (Chinese: 一百萬人的故事) is a society show on Hong Kong's TVB sponsored by general manager Stephen Chan. The title literally means "The story of a million people" as the show allows the poor to speak out about their poverty experience. Most complaints are against the way the Hong Kong government and major corporations treat them unfairly. Much of the theme is about the increasing gap between the rich and the poor.^[1]

Episodes

Poverty Campaign: Speak Up: Donation operations (一百萬人的故事 - 捐贈大行動)
Poverty Campaign: Speak Up: Learn and care (一百萬人的故事 - 了解‧關懷)
Poverty Campaign: Speak Up: Citizens open talk (一百萬人的故事 - 全民開講)

Government problems

Lack of minimum wages
Uneven and unfair distribution of government wealth
The government only listens to the rich, then make laws that favor the rich
No actions are taken to help the poor
Some comparisons are made for government standard before and after the 1997 handover

Society problems

Lowered living standards, instead of increasing
Large families often supported by 1 working member in the household
Growing numbers of children born below the poverty line

Participants

An example of a participant of the show is Ah Ying. She was a toilet cleaner employed by contractors hired by the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department. Her hourly wage cut from HK$23.50 to HK$20, when her job title was changed to "washroom attendant" in 2005.^[2]

Celebrities who have taken part

Notes

1 2 Mingpao. "Mingpao." 紅星走入貧窮線下的世界《了解．關懷一百萬人的故事. Retrieved on 2008-05-03.
↑ SCMP. "SCMP." Struggling cleaner takes pay fight to Exco. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.

References

Economy of Hong Kong

History	Seamen's strike of 1922 Black Saturday (1983) Four Asian Tigers Ting Hai effect 1997 Asian financial crisis Stock disasters in Hong Kong Brand Hong Kong Positive non-interventionism Tai-pan Poverty Campaign: Speak Up Pearl River Delta

Currency	Hong Kong dollar Hong Kong Mint Hong Kong Note Printing Banknotes of the Hong Kong dollar Coins of the Hong Kong dollar

Industry and Business	List of companies of Hong Kong Agriculture and aquaculture in Hong Kong CSI Cross-Straits 500 Index Hong Kong Export Credit Insurance Corporation

Government agencies	Hong Kong Trade Development Council Hong Kong Monetary Authority Inland Revenue Department Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department

Employment and Tax	Employment in Hong Kong Estate Duty Ordinance Goepfert case Inland Revenue Ordinance Partnership taxation Profits tax Rates (tax) SDO s45 Transfer between associated bodies corporate Salaries tax Minimum Wage Ordinance Stamp Duty Ordinance Stamp duty Goods and Service Tax

Infrastructure and Transport	Port of Hong Kong Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge

Rankings	International rankings of Hong Kong

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Agreements	CEPA Ship Registration in Hong Kong Outward Processing Arrangement

Energy	List of power stations in Hong Kong

Other	Water supply in Hong Kong Individual Visit Scheme Economic freedom

See also: Economy of Macau Economy of China

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