Greetings from the Hong Kong University campus, where the grounds are beautiful, the students are neatly dressed, and nobody looks terrible hungover. As an Otago graduate, I can only identify with one of those aspects.
The HKU campus was probably more modern than most office buildings in Wellington
It is also where we have had a number of productive meetings on poverty and welfare in Hong Kong. From the conversations we’ve had so far, a few things are beginning to stand out.
First, elderly poverty is a major concern. In 2014, the elder poverty rate (measured as 50 percent of the median household income) was at 30 percent, while child poverty was at 18.2 percent. Elder poverty is to Hong Kong what child poverty is to New Zealand.
Hong Kong has no universal superannuation scheme, and a minimal social security allowance (with eligibility based on family and relative’s ability to…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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