Letters | How to boost Hong Kong’s birth rate in one simple easy step
Readers discuss the city’s population challenges, a youth’s fall from grace, and student stress
In view of this, I suggest the government encourage employers to allow people who have children an extra day of leave per week. After they have a child, men should get a half day of parental leave and women one day a week. This would enable people to spend more time with their children.
Companies would eventually benefit from the enlarged pool of young people ready to join the workforce. Or would they prefer to have elderly employees or import talent from other cities?
Over the past decades, the advent of computers has resulted in a reduction in the number of employees needed for each project in white-collar jobs. Automation will further accelerate this trend.
However, regardless of efficiency, to reduce poverty and ensure social stability, companies should not drastically reduce staff numbers.