The number of babies born in Hong Kong is likely to drop in 2025 after an increase in the previous two years, with the figure potentially returning to near the record low of 2022, a Post analysis has found. A population expert said that the impact of a three-year HK$20,000 (US$2,570) cash handout scheme for…
A higher level of engagement in society is among the reasons Hong Kong women’s life expectancy has reached a record high, experts have said, calling for gender-specific solutions to support the city’s ageing population. Academics and other specialists said that less exposure to high-risk activities and a willingness to seek help were also among factors…
Widow Law Wai-ho, 82, lives alone in Hong Kong and worries that no one will be there to help if anything happens to her. Law recalled her helplessness when she fell on the street and could not get up until a security guard arrived and took her to hospital, where she spent a week with…
Widow Law Wai-ho, 82, lives alone in Hong Kong and worries that no one will be there to help if anything happens to her. Law recalled her helplessness when she fell on the street and could not get up until a security guard arrived and took her to hospital, where she spent a week with…
Two-thirds of cases involving the killing of children by parents in Hong Kong over a 15-year period were committed by mothers, with about a third of all perpetrators diagnosed with mental illnesses, a study has found. While the child homicide rate in the city is lower than the global average, the study conducted by four…
Two-thirds of cases involving the killing of children by parents in Hong Kong over a 15-year period were committed by mothers, with about a third of all perpetrators diagnosed with mental illnesses, a study has found. While the child homicide rate in the city is lower than the global average, the study conducted by four…
Experts urged the government to foster a more family-friendly Hong Kong to boost the sagging birth rate, as the city welcomed one “snake baby” in the early hours on the first day of Lunar New Year. In stark contrast, at least six babies were born in the early hours on the first day of Lunar…
Experts urged the government to foster a more family-friendly Hong Kong to boost the sagging birth rate, as the city welcomed one “snake baby” in the early hours on the first day of Lunar New Year. In stark contrast, at least six babies were born in the early hours on the first day of Lunar…