Winners in family planning slogan contest chosen for quality, not quantity
None of the submissions that advocate three children for each family won a slogan contest, despite acting Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen saying this was the ideal number.
The Family Planning Association yesterday announced the results of its slogan contest, which was launched on February 21 - coincidentally on the same day when Mr Tsang remarked that families should have at least three children to help ease the problem of an ageing population.
About 4,580 entries were submitted to the 'Two is Enough' Slogan Competition. The association started using 'two is enough' as its slogan in 1975 but dropped it in the 1990s when it became outdated.
Some submissions were inspired by Mr Tsang's remarks. 'The minister wants us to have three kids, but the economy has never been good for this.'
Another failed submission read: 'One is easy to handle, Two are awfully playful, Three can help you with your taxes.'