Ageing Population

23 Mar 2013

More than 100 elderly people visited a will registration office in Beijing's Xicheng district yesterday a day after it opened, Chen Kai, co-founder of the Beijing Sunny Senior Health Foundation,...

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China's one-child policy must be changed before it's too late

23 Mar 2013

Thanks to longer life expectancy and the one-child policy, for well over a decade China's fertility rate has remained below replacement levels.

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Middle-aged women being overlooked in the workplace

15 Mar 2013

The government appears to be taking the issue of our ageing population seriously, with Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah making it a focus of his latest budget report.

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Germany maps out clear vision on ageing population as Hong Kong struggles

12 Mar 2013

Brigitte Dersch retired from her engineering job five years ago and, at the age of 70, she says she has little to fear from the future.

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Public asked for views on how to deal with Hong Kong's ageing population

12 Mar 2013

The views of Hongkongers are to be sought on ways to tackle problems posed by the city's ageing population. The consultation may cover questions over imported labour and the role of mainland...

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Ageing population tops Tsang's budget agenda

28 Feb 2013

Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah turned his sights to the future in his sixth budget. He pledged to deal with the financial challenges posed by an ageing population while offering a HK$33...

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

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Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

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Zhejiang woman 'abandons' second child to avoid fines

A woman in China’s eastern Zhejiang province ''abandoned" her recently-born second child, a two-month-old baby girl, only to ''adopt'' her later - hoping to avoid fines from birth control...

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Hong Kong should take its cue from Singapore for a sound population policy

Both Singapore and Hong Kong share very similar population characteristics: a rapidly ageing population and very low fertility rates. Both worry about the negative impact of a shrinking workforce...

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Ageing mainland faces challenges

A nursing home located near a diplomatic area in Beijing cares for 26 people aged between 60 and 92.

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HEALTH CARE

China Bio-Med unlocking growth in a greyer future

An ageing population may present challenges for society at large, but for companies involved in the health care business it means growing opportunities.

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SINGAPORE

Singapore's bid to start baby boom

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is cranking up a national debate on babies this month, with proposals to Parliament that would attempt to stem the country's slumping birth rate. Penelope...

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