Birth Rate

Letters to the Editor, April 17, 2013

17 Apr 2013

Michael Chugani refers to Joseph Cheng Yu-shek, convener of the new Alliance for True Democracy, saying "that the democrats just want the chief executive to have the right to tell mainland leaders...

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New realities drive population policy, experts say

11 Mar 2013

The decision to dissolve the National Population and Family Planning Commission demonstrates changing attitudes about population control after nearly a half of century of successful - if often...

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Singapore population push puts spotlight on Hong Kong

30 Jan 2013

The Lion City unveiled ambitious plans yesterday to open its doors to hundreds of thousands of expatriate workers. It was inspired by concerns about the falling birth rate and ageing population,...

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Letters to the Editor, January 24, 2013

24 Jan 2013

Wage-rate hike will threaten small retailers

The statutory minimum wage was supposed to raise living standards for the poor, making it worthwhile for people to work. However, it has fuelled...

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Hong Kong fails in attempt to halt 20-year slide in birth rate

16 Jan 2013

Researchers about to launch Hong Kong's largest demographic survey say attempts to halt the 20-year decline in the city's birth rate have proved ineffective. And they suggested alternative...

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What the local media says

12 Jan 2013

Sunday, Oriental Daily

Retired horse trainer Brian Kan released from jail

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Opinion

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

5:26AM

South Korean youth population to be halved by 2060

South Korea’s low birth rate means the size of its youth population – those aged between nine and 24 – will be slashed in half by 2060, a government report warned on Monday.

1:41PM

New panel open to radical ideas to solve Hong Kong's population worries

It was deemed good news when the government said in July women in Hong Kong lived longer than anywhere else in the world, with an average age of 86.7, surpassing their Japanese counterparts for...

4:59AM

Teachers to retire early as secondary intake shrinks

About 700 secondary school teachers are expected to join the next round of a voluntary retirement scheme as pupil numbers shrink.

2:51AM

Summoning up courage to change for the better

It must be difficult for those who have spent their working lives in power structures steeped in their own sense of superiority and right to rule to change their minds.

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Africa's population bomb

You look at the figures and you think: 'That's impossible.' Uganda had about 7 million people at independence in 1962, and in only 45 years it has grown to 30 million.

9:54PM

Hong Kong's greatest family crisis

The Hong Kong government naturally likes to boast when the city comes out near the top of some international league table. However, there is one key statistic where it ranks bottom of the world....

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