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Worker Influx Lifts Hong Kong Population as Birth Slump Worsens

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Hong Kong is increasingly reliant on imported workers as births fell below 30,000 for the first time, underscoring the limits of government incentives to arrest a demographic slump that threatens the city’s future workforce.

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Bloomberg Economics ·2h ago

Worker Influx Lifts Hong Kong Population as Birth Slump Worsens

Hong Kong is increasingly reliant on imported workers as births fell below 30,000 for the first time, underscoring the limits of government incentives to arrest a demographic slump that threatens the city’s future workforce.