Hong Kong lacks adequate facilities and support for breastfeeding, poll finds
Survey also finds an overwhelming 87 per cent of respondents support breastfeeding
Over 95 per cent of Hongkongers believe existing facilities for breastfeeding in public places are inadequate, while more than half of those polled said their companies did not have policies that supported nursing, a survey has found.
The arm of the Federation of Trade Unions focusing on women’s issues conducted the poll between December last year and January this year. It received 624 replies through its unions, social media platforms and several maternal and child health clinics.
Around two-thirds of the respondents were women. Interviewees spanned different age groups.
In the poll, 96 per cent thought public facilities for breastfeeding were inadequate.
Some people might say we can feed our child in the restroom, but do you eat and drink there?
A total of 51 per cent of respondents said their companies did not have policies and measures that supported nursing, such as furnishing breastfeeding rooms and official time off for them to nurse or pump milk.