problem of ageing population in hong kong and

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Problem of ageing population in

Hong Kong and its effect and

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Introduction

We always heard people said ageing population

in Hong Kong become more and more serious.

But do you know what is ageing population?

How serious does it in Hong Kong? How does

ageing population affect us? We hope that we can

answer the above question by finish this project,

and increase the knowledge about ageing

Population.


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What is ageing population?

Ageing population means the increasing of the

the proportion of the elders people in a place in

a period of time. It most happens in thedeveloped country. Especially in the Europe

Country.


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Now we know that what is ageing population.

But do you know why there is ageing population

in Hong Kong? I do not know. Tellme please!!!!


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Main reason of ageing population

1.declining fertility rates

Childcare costs increase

Stress of living increase2.Life expectancy increase

Improving of medical technology

public hygiene improvePeople care more about health in nowadays


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I have a question. How

serious is this problemin Hong Kong?


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In 2001 ,HK have only about 16% of people

who are 1-15 years old and it keep increasing

up to 12%.

In 2001, HK have about 11% of people who

are 65 years old or above and it keep

increasing up to 24%.

The medium age of HK people increasing from

37 to 46.


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The average age of man increase from72.3 to

78.2 .

The average age of woman increase from78.5 to

84.1.

That show us the average age and the medium

age of HK people is increasing seriously. The

number of elder people is also increasing but the

number of young people is decreasing.


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Let us talk about how

does ageing population

affect us.


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We have already ask the Hong Kong citizen this

question by questionnaire . In the questionnaire,

most of them think that ageing population inHong Kong is serious but this problem does not

affect them.


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So what or who will it

affect ? Tell me please!


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Increasing of elders

Government need to spend a large amount of

money in Community resources which are forthe elders such as comprehensive social security

assistance scheme, material aid , etc.

It waste many public revenue and governmentwill have a heavy burden . If government solve it


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incorrectly, Hong Kong may have a deficit .

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Decreasing of young people

Most of the labor force in Hong Kong is come

from the young people(


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Conclusion

In this project , we know that ageing population

in Hong Kong is very serious .It will affect the

economic of Hong Kong. The citizen which hasdone the questionnaire have same idea with us :

Ageing population do not have direct effect to

us .But they still want to know more aboutit and they hope this problem will be solved.


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