Population Policy
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Mass Population Movements Test Hong Kong’s Social and Economic Planning
Hong Kong’s total population has remained broadly stable despite massive simultaneous inflows and outflows, but its composition is changing rapidly. The article examines the new policy challenges these shifts create for housing, education and healthcare planning.
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Is a 10-Million Greater Bay Area Metropolis Feasible for Hong Kong?
Despite Hong Kong’s record talent inflows of 220,000 over the past two years, building a 10-million-person metropolis by 2046 is impractical: required net inflows far exceed historical levels, and land, infrastructure, fiscal, and social-cultural constraints make the target unachievable.
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Hong Kong has Absorbed Hundreds of Thousands of Talents — Why is the Total Population Shrinking?
Hong Kong has absorbed hundreds of thousands of talents since 2023, yet the city’s total population has actually shrunk rather than grown. Analysis shows that conventional explanations — natural population decline, talent-visa abuse and the emigration wave — only account for 38% of the gap; the rest is largely driven by Hong Kong residents relocating to the mainland and overseas without changing their legal identity.
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Actively Advance Population Policy — Building a 10-Million-Person Greater Hong Kong Metropolis
Two HKFEI scholars argue that Hong Kong must adopt an aggressive population policy to build a 10-million-person metropolis through large-scale inflows of young and prime-age talent, while flagging serious ‘water content’ in Top Talent Pass Scheme numbers and calling for the re-establishment of a Population Policy Commission.
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Hong Kong must Stop Letting the Well-Off Hog Public Rental Housing
Generous income limits and rent subsidies mean well-off households are occupying public housing, forcing the poor to rent from the cutthroat private market. This needs to change.
