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HK upset by baby boom from mainlander mothers
By Jane Chen |
August 2, 2010, Monday
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CONCERNS for housing and education resources grew in Hong Kong after a sharp rise of babies born in local hospitals by mainland mothers.
Hong Kong government's latest data indicted that by 2039, nearly half or 48 percent of the 893,000 childbirths expected every year in the special administrative region will be from non-Hong Kong mothers -- mostly mainlanders, today's China News Service reported.
The "childbirth rush" occurred in recent years, particularly after 2001 when the Hong Kong High Court and the Court of Final Appeal ruled that Zhuang Fengyuan, the son of mainland parents and born in 1997 in Hong Kong, had the legal right to reside in Hong Kong.
Since then, all Chinese children born in Hong Kong, no matter whether their parents are Hong Kong residents or not, have obtained the right to reside in Hong Kong. Even the children of the stowaway mothers could finally become legal Hong Kong residents.
As a result, children born by mainland parents have mushroomed from 620 in 2001 to 29,760 last year. They totalled 100,000 in the past 10 years, according to government figures.
Hong Kong government's latest data indicted that by 2039, nearly half or 48 percent of the 893,000 childbirths expected every year in the special administrative region will be from non-Hong Kong mothers -- mostly mainlanders, today's China News Service reported.
The "childbirth rush" occurred in recent years, particularly after 2001 when the Hong Kong High Court and the Court of Final Appeal ruled that Zhuang Fengyuan, the son of mainland parents and born in 1997 in Hong Kong, had the legal right to reside in Hong Kong.
Since then, all Chinese children born in Hong Kong, no matter whether their parents are Hong Kong residents or not, have obtained the right to reside in Hong Kong. Even the children of the stowaway mothers could finally become legal Hong Kong residents.
As a result, children born by mainland parents have mushroomed from 620 in 2001 to 29,760 last year. They totalled 100,000 in the past 10 years, according to government figures.
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