Hong Kong Population
Hong Kong births sink to lowest in 56 years: Reports
Hong Kong: The number of births in Hong Kong hit a record low last year, falling below 40,000 for the first time in more than five decades as experts warned of wide-reaching implications for the city’s ageing population, media reports said.
They were quoted as saying by The South China Morning Post the trend would result in shrinking enrolment at every level of education, eventually affecting manpower supply in future.
The early education sector was already feeling the effects, with seven kindergartens closing by the end of the current academic year.
A spokesman for the Education Bureau said one of the kindergartens would merge with another school.
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