you would probably be surprised that the population of Hong Kong is currently ageing at a moderate pace. According to statistics‚ when the new born babies start to become older persons‚ the population will age at a relatively fast pace in Hong Kong in the middle of next decade. An ageing population will have an impact on the labour force as the number of people in working ages will grow slower than the overall population growth. In fact‚ the ageing population not only has impact on the labour force
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What Is the Problem Of an Ageing Population? Christine Loh August 2005 What is the ‘Problem’ of an Ageing Population? Christine Loh August 2005 Civic Exchange Civic Exchange is a non-profit organisation that helps to improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. Room 701‚ Hoseinee House‚ 69 Wyndham Street‚ Central‚ Hong Kong Tel: (+852) 2893 0213 Fax: (+852) 3105 9713 URL: www.civic-exchange.org Disclaimer The views expressed in this report are those
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Ageing population –any resolutions? According to the World Health Organization ‚ a country or a city is defined as an ageing society if the number of elders who aged 65 or above exceed 7% of the whole population. With 14% of elders in population‚ the country would be considered as an aged society. Worse still‚ if the amount of elders still keep on increasing and reach 20% of the population‚ the country would be classified as an hyper-aged society. Recently‚ the ageing population has been under the
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Japan has the oldest life expectancy in the world. That means people in Japan live a really really long time. Men live to 79 years old. Women live a little over 86 years old. What in the world causes Japanese people to live so long? After WWII‚ Japan had one of the lowest life expectancies in the world‚ which suggests it’s not genetics that keeps them alive for so long (the guy in the picture above just turned 113). It’s not even that Japanese people visit doctors 12+ times a year. The answer is
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here is an ever aging population in the UK; this has been described as a ‘pensioners time bomb’ and will result in many changes for society. There are a number of factors that have caused this. Thomas McKeown (1972) argues that improved nutrition since the 1900‘s has accounted for up to half the reduction in death rates another factor for this is medical improvements (such as the introduction of the NHS in 1948 and antibiotics) and public health measures (like the Clean Air Act of 1956). Some people
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Topic: Ageing Country: France Committee: General Assembly 3 Position Paper Topic Background France faces an ageing population. The cause of the problem is the rapidly decreasing support ratio‚ a low fertility rate and a falling birth rate. The low fertility rate is due to an increasing proportion of educated women who are pursuing careers. These women focus on their careers rather than on raising a family. This results in putting off having children until they’re 30 or deciding to just not
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Ageing populations – the Economic and Social Consequences Two hundred years ago Thomas Malthus published his Essay on the Principle of Population‚ in which he predicted a future of gloom and doom for humanity. Population growth‚ he said‚ would outstrip food supply‚ leading to widespread poverty and mass famine. About 30 years ago the Club of Rome‚ an international group of industrialists‚ scientists‚ economists and statesmen‚ echoed his views‚ predicting that food‚ energy and raw materials would
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swirl of commentary on the Asian countries in recent years‚ one facet of their longer-term prospects not often remarked upon is that their population is aging. By 2025‚ the share of the elderly in the population of Singapore‚ Hong Kong‚ Taiwan‚ Japan and South Korea will at least doublem and the share of the young will fall sharply. The ageing of the population will drag down the potential rate of growth as a result of the fall in volume of labor input and the decline of the domestic saving rate
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Ageing population in Italy An investigate on ageing population trend and recommendations for future _________________________________ 2 Abstract Population ageing is an inevitable problem to most rich country. It is clear that Italy has been facing serious ageing population issues from 1970s. There are some reasons which lead to this issue. Firstly‚ one of the main reasons causing aging population in Italy is the extremely low fertility rate in this country
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Paradigm Shift over Ageing Population: Government should Change Focus Throughout the years‚ the proportion of elderly among the world population has been increasing‚ while the proportion of children has been decreasing (Why Aging Population Matters‚ 2007). This fact has brought a new challenge to nations: the ageing population issue. In order to resolve this issue‚ understanding the reasons why it is a problem is certainly needed‚ which can be done by delving into the conditions of being old.
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