They are not accustomed to being in the role of the disadvantaged, nor are they accustomed to accepting help, "says Iris Lee, executive editor at the CCRA. These new poor, whose thinking is still locked into their old values, can easily reach breaking point if they hit any compounding crises, such as divorce or illness.
他們往往不習慣扮演弱勢者，也不習慣接受救助，」救助協會的文宣組長李淑美說，這些心理上仍固守原有價值的「新貧族」，一旦再遭遇像是離婚、傷病等二度打擊時，非常容易走上極端。