According to a survey conducted by the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), more than 60 percent of the interviewees believed that the disparity between the rich and the poor in Hong Kong is critical. Nearly 30 percent predicted the gap would worsen in the next five years, while 80 percent believed that the Hong Kong government (HKgov) should do more to alleviate the alarming situation.
The survey was conducted from May 27 to June 14 and successfully interviewed 710 people aged 18 or above by telephone. The research revealed that 67.1 percent of the respondents believed that the current disparity between the rich and the poor in Hong Kong was severe; 26.3 percent said not too severe, and only 4.4 percent thought it was not severe.
