Wednesday, January 11, 2012
As Tin Shui Wai has a tag of tragic township of suicides, what the authority should do the cause of poverty?
As the shocking news about the townsip of Tin Shui Wai of many dreadful suicide pact had happened in the past two years, the secretary for labour and welfare of Hong Kong, Matthew Cheung Kin-Chung pay an official visit to express his concern about the tragic events. Many Tin's residents have expressed for their hardship of low incomes and lack of social services. Mr. Fung with tears from his eyes appeared in the local Chinese newspaper (Sing Tao Daily News, October 31, 2007) while meeting the secretary of Hong Kong labour and welfare. He complained that he has only five Hong Kong dollars (about 80 cents US) each meal for the past seven years. Another guy in wheelchair said to the Secretary that the $250 HK voucher for health care is just for making the senior to shut up. Many sane citizens know that the root cause suicides in Tin Shui Wai is poverty. The regional mgr. of rehabilitation, Stella Au says that more than 70% of areas population (268,920) was prone to state of mental illness
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