Hong Kong is grappling with significant demographic issues, including an aging population, declining birth rates, and a shrinking workforce. Experts are calling for a more comprehensive population policy, warning that current approaches are too limited and rooted in a city-state mindset. The city's competitiveness is at risk unless more decisive government intervention addresses these challenges.

Hong Kong is increasingly being urged to develop a comprehensive population policy. Academics, policymakers and business leaders warn that rapid ageing, low fertility and a shrinking labour force threaten the city’s competitiveness, and call for more decisive government intervention. Most such calls converge around two familiar strategies: encouraging Hong Kong women to have more children and attracting more immigrants. Both approaches assume Hong Kong must resolve its demographic challenges...