Over the years, the state pension age in the UK has changed several times, to coincide with the increase in life expectancy and to ensure fiscal sustainability. The age was 60 for women and 65 for men between 1948 and 2010, after which point the state pension age for both men and women became 65….
A former Hong Kong police officer is facing 30 counts of bribery and fraud after he was previously charged by the city’s anti-corruption agency with accepting an unauthorised loan from someone linked to an investigation. Magistrate Frances Leung Nga-yan on Friday approved an application by prosecutors to charge 50-year-old Mak Kwok-hung with the extra counts…
China named a new political commissar for its large ground forces, an unexpected move that signals President Xi Jinping is tightening military discipline. General Chen Hui has been appointed to instill political loyalty and manage manpower in the ground forces of the People’s Liberation Army, the official Xinhua News Agency reported on Monday. The 61-year-old…
For a city already beset with an array of pressing problems, it would be tempting for officials to leave aside anything that does not warrant immediate attention. But the forecast of an acute shortage of 180,000 workers by 2028 is one that cannot be ignored. More proactive action should be taken if the shortfall is…
CHINA’S PENSIONS are underfunded and its population is getting older. So the government’s recent decision to raise the retirement age for state pensions seemed overdue. But it may create other problems, most notably in the field of child care. And these challenges may lead young people to have fewer babies, exacerbating the country’s demographic crisis….