Hong Kong’s active ‘seenagers’ are redefining retirement. Can authorities keep up?

Hong Kong’s active ‘seenagers’ are redefining retirement. Can authorities keep up?

Hongkonger Shirley Chang, 82, plays pickleball regularly, takes a weekly class to learn Chinese ink painting and teaches her friends how to play bridge. The former businesswoman, who lives with a domestic helper in the Mid-Levels, said she was enjoying her retirement years by staying healthy, maintaining an active lifestyle and searching for new experiences….

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Hong Kong property sales fall to 5-month low; buyers spooked by US-China tension: agencies

Hong Kong property sales fall to 5-month low; buyers spooked by US-China tension: agencies

Hong Kong real-estate sales fell to their lowest point in five months in February, reflecting caution among homebuyers and investors amid increasing tensions between Washington and Beijing, according to property agencies. Sales of homes, office units, shops, car parking spaces and industrial spaces declined by 13 per cent to 4,295 deals from a month earlier,…

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Hong Kong property sales fall to 5-month low; buyers spooked by US-China tension: agencies

Hong Kong property sales fall to 5-month low; buyers spooked by US-China tension: agencies

Hong Kong real-estate sales fell to their lowest point in five months in February, reflecting caution among homebuyers and investors amid increasing tensions between Washington and Beijing, according to property agencies. Sales of homes, office units, shops, car parking spaces and industrial spaces declined by 13 per cent to 4,295 deals from a month earlier,…

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Monthly cap on Hong Kong’s HK$2 fare scheme unfair to elderly, experts say

Monthly cap on Hong Kong’s HK$2 fare scheme unfair to elderly, experts say

The Hong Kong government’s proposed adjustment to the controversial HK$2 (25 US cents) transport subsidy scheme for the elderly will fail to tackle the deficit and instead alienate the demographic, social policy experts have said. Nelson Chow Wing-sun, an emeritus professor at University of Hong Kong’s department of social work and social administration, was among…

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