10,000 of Hong Kong 's poor depend on collecting scrap paper . The slowdown in Europe is affecting paper collectors like Ho and Tam . `` Each month I might earn $ 100 or $ 200 or $ 300 Hong Kong dollars , '' Tam says . Tam makes between $ 12 and $ 36 collecting scrap paper from trash . The paper business is a bellwether industry for rising or falling business cycles .
10,000 of Hong Kong 's poor depend on collecting scrap paper . The slowdown in Europe is affecting paper collectors like Ho and Tam . Tam makes between $ 12 and $ 36 collecting scrap paper from trash . The paper business is a bellwether industry for rising or falling business cycles .