Lee children bring focus on surrogacy
Peter Lee Ka-kit, the elder son of Henderson Land Development's Lee Shau-kee, recently fathered triplets through surrogacy in the United States. The government is looking into whether he has broken the law. Commercial surrogacy is banned in Hong Kong, even if the arrangement is made overseas.
Commercial surrogacy is common in the West, where people are more willing to accept this way of having children. The US also allows surrogacy. Lee understood that and has three sons born through it. This shows the grey area between Hong Kong and overseas policies as people use this method to acquire a surrogacy service.
I believe surrogacy is a solution for those who have problems in having children. However, it should not be misused. I cannot totally agree with Lee's action since he made use of the grey area. I think the news has aroused public attention and a controversy about disrespect for human dignity. Children growing up without a mother may be affected psychologically. In the long term, surrogacy may have an influence on people's concept of ethics.
Annie Yi-yan, Chinese Foundation Secondary School
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