The Commission of Poverty will submit a report to the Government in May next year, proposing a list of short- and long-term measures to tackle the problem of poverty, commission's secretary Stephen Fisher says.

Speaking on a radio talk show today, Mr Fisher said the concept of social enterprise in overseas had proved to be effective in helping people from the poor sector to earn their owning living, and the commission would put forward suggestions to help implement the concept in Hong Kong.

One of the suggestions is to modify the content of Government's outsourcing contracts, adding a clause that all service providers have to provide training to their staff to help enhance their competitiveness.

He said the Government would introduce measures to ensure that people working in these companies receive a market wage.

Noting that it was not effective that different organisations were now providing different training courses to the public, Mr Fisher said the commission would propose to set up a central body to oversee training.

He said the commission attached great importance to improving and examining policies and measures to help reduce the risk of intergenerational poverty.

The commission will bring in measures to help the healthy and balanced development of our younger generation, and make sure that they have equal opportunities for development.

Mr Fisher said the existing asset limit for the elderly to receive social assistance should be lifted, and the commission would put forward its proposal when it submitted the report to the Government in May.