In 2004, HKSAR chief executive Tung Chee Hwa publicly stated that the rich-poor gap was a major threat to Hong Kong, and proposed plans to establish a committee to support the poor and a project to expand housing construction, in an effort to address the closely linked issues of immigration and poverty.
2004 年時，當年的特首董建華就公開承認，貧窮擴大的危機是富裕香港極大的社會問題，他提出計劃，以成立「扶貧委員會」和「廣建公屋」來解決彼此緊密連動的新移民和貧窮問題。