With the famed tourist attraction set to exit the city this month, some argue the government should help the struggling business, though the city’s leader has rejected these calls.
The city’s minimum pay rate has not changed since it was last raised to HK$37.50 an hour in 2019, as an NGO urges the government to review the figure more often to keep up with inflation.
The trend of working the bare minimum to get by has worried city officials, but some social workers and academics argue there are underlying issues affecting young people’s drive.
As the city faces its latest wave of the coronavirus pandemic, experts point to similar inoculation efforts outside the city, but some parents fear long-term effects of vaccination.