Births fall below 30,000 for first time in Asian financial hub despite $183M in baby bonuses
The Census and Statistics Department, which released the provisional estimates Aug. 18, counted 29,709 births between July 2025 and the end of June 2026, Hong Kong Free Press reported, down 15.6% from the 35,200 registered a year earlier in a data series that begins in 1961. Deaths reached 50,100 over the same period, producing a … Read more