| 1. | Large number of children living below the poverty line
大批儿童生活在贫穷线以下的问题 |
| 2. | There are more people now living below the poverty line than before
目前生活在贫穷线下的人口比以前有所增加。 |
| 3. | We do not consider that setting a poverty line would improve the position of the disadvantaged
我们认为制订贫穷线不会有助改善弱势社群的境况。 |
| 4. | While its debts are considerable and growing , up to one quarter of its 210m people live at or below the poverty line
目前，印尼的外债日益增加，其四分之一人口仍然是生活在贫穷线上。 |
| 5. | People struggling to survive below the poverty line are living in conditions reminiscent of the 1960s and 70s , a survey revealed
一项调查发现，在贫穷线下挣扎的人，生活质素已经倒退回六、七十年代。 |
| 6. | Thirty - eight per cent of the population in these countries lives below the poverty line , compared with 22 % in the more developed ones
这些国家里仍然有38 %的人民生活水准在贫穷线之下，而在较开发的国家里，这个数字只有22 % 。 |
| 7. | Some groups have defined poverty in relative terms and attempted to draw a poverty line by relative levels of wages or family income between different groups in the same economy
有些团体采用相对贫穷的定义，按同一经济体系内不同组别的工资或家庭收入的相对水平，尝试厘定贫穷线。 |
| 8. | They plan to establish a poverty line for reference in implementing policies , with a view to reducing the number of low income households ; if so , of the details of the plan ; if not , the reasons for that
（三）有否计划设定贫穷线供施政时参考，以期减少低收入住户的数目；若有，计划的细节；若否，原因为何？ |
| 9. | Regarding the question of setting a poverty line , to the best of my knowledge , neither the academic circle nor the international community has reached any consensus on the definition of poverty
关于设立贫穷线的问题，我知道学术界及国际有不同的看法，有人认为应采用相对贫穷的定义，亦有建议以整体收入分布作界定。 |
| 10. | They are in need of government assistance , particularly the waiving of medical fees to the elders who are cssa recipients . the assistance should also be extended to the marginalized elders
对于他们而言，政府必须继续支援，特别是维持那些领取综合社会保障援助长者的辖免医疗收费，而且更要扩大关注那些生活于贫穷线边缘的长者。 |
