Poverty Campaign: Speak Up () is a society show on Hong Kong's TVB sponsored by general manager Stephen Chan. The title literally means "The story of a million people" as the show allows the poor to speak out about their poverty experience. Most complaints are against the way the Hong Kong government and major corporations treat them unfairly. Much of the theme is about the increasing gap between the rich and the poor.
Episodes
Poverty Campaign: Speak Up: Donation operations () Poverty Campaign: Speak Up: Learn and care () Poverty Campaign: Speak Up: Citizens open talk ()
Government problems
Lack of minimum wages
Uneven and unfair distribution of government wealth
The government only listens to the rich, then make laws that favor the rich
No actions are taken to help the poor
Some comparisons are made for government standard before and after the 1997 handover
Society problems
Lowered living standards, instead of increasing
Large families often supported by 1 working member in the household
Growing numbers of children born below the poverty line
Participants
An example of a participant of the show is Ah Ying. She was a toilet cleaner employed by contractors hired by the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department. Her hourly wage cut from HK$23.50 to HK$20, when her job title was changed to "washroom attendant" in 2005.