Hong Kong is ageing, but the real question is where people age

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In recent years, warnings about Hong Kong’s rapidly ageing population have become increasingly urgent. Long hospital waits, chronic shortages in long-term care and a shrinking working-age population have led many policymakers and researchers to portray ageing as an approaching demographic crisis that a small, densely populated city might be unable to absorb.In some quarters, this has fuelled dire predictions about the sustainability of Hong Kong’s healthcare and social care systems. This...