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Hong Kong must tackle the challenges of a super-aged society head on (www.scmp.com)

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Mainland China’s and Hong Kong’s birth rates fell to record lows last year, despite extensive government incentives to encourage larger families. In Hong Kong, registered births fell 14 per cent to a historic low of 31,714 in 2025. Notably, the increase in births in 2024 may have been due to the auspicious Year of the Dragon. It is believed that babies born in the dragon year will grow up to be smart and successful. This is likely to have affected the timing of births as seen in Hong Kong during...

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[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

On what? I mean, if it's like a wheel of cheese, that could be good, but if it's an old head on beer, that's gonna be flat and probably too bitter to enjoy.