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HK to ban mainland mums from giving birth in local hospitals

THE new chief executive of Hong Kong said mainland mums should be banned from giving birth in Hong Kong starting next year, Xinhua reported yesterday.

Leung Chun-ying also said children born to mainland parents are not guaranteed Hong Kong residency.

He admitted that the influence of a large influx of mainland mothers-to-be on the territory's medical and educational resources remains unknown but he said no quota for mainland mums will be given to Hong Kong hospitals next year.

Leung said allowing non-local women, most of them from the mainland, to give birth in Hong Kong is not a proper way to tackle the problem of an aging population.

Mainland women have flocked to Hong Kong to give births to circumvent the government's one-child policy and to gain the right of abode in China's wealthiest city. Hong Kong's Basic Law grants Hong Kong citizenship to any Chinese born there.

This year 3,400 non-local women are allowed to deliver babies in Hong Kong's public hospitals. The quota for next year will be announced this month.





 

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