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Hong Kong authorities have proposed requiring new private homes and other buildings frequented by elderly to fulfil certain design requirements, while exempting some senior-friendly facilities from gross floor area calculations as incentives to developers amid the city’s ageing population. Details of the proposal, released to lawmakers in a paper on Thursday, had gained support from […]
Hongkongers who do not want children cited the city’s education system and political situation as among the main reasons behind their decision, a survey has found, as the government seeks to raise the fertility rate. According to World Bank data in 2022, each Hong Kong couple had 0.7 children on average, making its birth rate […]