Essay On Population Ageing In Hong Kong

1. Introduction

Population ageing is a problem that a lot of developed countries have to face. The more and more advanced medical treatment and technology not only but our life better, but also make our life expectancy rising. Also, the birth rate of most of the developed countries is declining. The median age of a country rise and it causes the phenomenon of Population ageing occur. The Hong Kong government expects in 2031, a quarter of population in Hong Kong is the aged of 65 or above. At the same time, the life expectancy of men is projected to reach 84.4 and the women is reach to 90 in 2041, Hong Kong have the longest life expectancy in the world. So, population ageing become a major challenges to Hong Kong because it will cause some serious problems that we need to concern.

One challenge that Hong Kong need to face in the future or now is the more and more heavier burden of Medical Care. In the report of Domestic Health Accounts, the medical expense in 2033 is around 315.2 billion dollars. Compare to the

In order to achieve the principles of enhance primary care and promote public‐private partnership in healthcare, they push out total six Healthcare Financing proposals, including voluntary private health insurance and mandatory private health insurance. The first stage public consultation conducted for three months during March to June 2008. During the consultation period, the public show broad support to reform the healthcare system. They also agree the quality of healthcare services should be improved. But the surveys reflected that the public generally disagree the mandatory proposals. So in October 2010, the government publishes another document “My Health My Choice” and introduce Voluntary health protection scheme which regulate by government. The fastest estimated time of the implementation of the plan is