一篇關於食物的新聞（急）

香港食品價格急漲 影響民生 (12-5-2008)
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204700,hunger-bites-even-in-wealthy-hong-kong-as-food-prices.html





Hunger bites even in wealthy Hong Kong as food prices soar
Hong Kong - Families in wealthy Hong Kong are skipping meals and going hungry because of the sharp rises in food prices, particularly for rice, according to a survey Monday. Interviews with low-income Hong Kong mothers in the wake of sharp global food price rises found that 52.9 per cent said their children did not have enough to eat.

Just under 66 per cent said they or their family members had become physically weaker because of having to cut back on food and 78.3 per cent of mothers had only two meals a day to save money to feed their children better.

More than half bought food beyond its sell-by date to economize, while 80 per cent ate congee or noodles because of rice's sharply rising price.

The survey was conducted in early May among 138 households in the city of 6.9 million with an average monthly income of around 833 US dollars a month, some 40 per cent of the city average.