Chief Executive Lee Ka-chao attended the first regional consultation meeting for the “Policy Address” on August 20. More than 100 citizens attended. The citizens paid less attention to the issue of “tallness” and put forward opinions more closely. What’s more special is that many of them talked about Hong Kong The problem of low fertility.
At the consultation meeting, Ms. Su suggested: “Whether women will graduate from university has encouraged them to obtain eggs first, because they may have to be in their 30s to find a suitable man to marry. There may be some tax relief for the cost of obtaining eggs.” In addition, Mr. Li also pointed out: “I myself am the father of three children. I hope to extend the tax exemption for the first year of birth of the children. It can be given to several years, because one year will pass soon, and three children will be hard to bear.”
Since the topic of “Snow Egg” is relatively new, many media used it as a title.
The Family Accounting Association announced on August 15 that it conducts a family planning survey every five years, and found that the average number of children of Hong Kong couples has dropped from 1.3 five years ago to 0.9, a record low. In fact, low birth rate is a common problem in developed societies, not only in Hong Kong, but also in many big cities. In traditional societies, especially in rural areas, manpower is an important resource, and children are just left to raise after they are born. The extra cost is not much, so the willingness to have children is very high. But in big cities, people marry later and have children later, and the cost of raising children is high, so their willingness to have children is low. No matter what special reasons Hong Kong has, it cannot escape the law of a big city. In order to prevent the low birth rate from deteriorating and eventually turning into an economic problem with a sharp drop in the labor force and consumption power, the government will propose policies, mainly in two directions: accepting immigrants and encouraging births.
Every policy has side effects. Take the introduction of immigrants as an example. If new immigrants of different races, religions, and cultures are allowed to move in, there is a potential risk of racial conflict. As for the policy of encouraging births, the biggest problem is that the effect is limited. Taking the tax exemption as an example, increasing the tax exemption related to children will help families with many children, but in fact, parents who are willing to have more children will have more children anyway, instead of “there is a tax exemption, I will pay taxes for having a child.” Discount first”. Because the cost of childcare is high, the benefit of the tax exemption is small, and the number of credits cannot be calculated. As for the “snow egg” funding, it will go one step further and become a special subsidy for a certain reproductive method.
With the advancement of test-tube baby technology, artificial insemination is becoming more and more popular; the medical profession pointed out that the benefit of “snow eggs” is to solve the problem of women’s egg quality deteriorating with age. The best quality of women’s eggs is between 15 and 25 years old. If you can store the eggs when you are young, such as using vitrification technology (vitrification), you can freeze the eggs to minus 180°C and use them for production after a few years. Improve the success rate of conception. However, the disadvantage of “snow eggs” is that egg retrieval is an invasive medical operation. In addition to the possibility of puncture bleeding, it may cause complications such as ovarian hyperstimulation, and severe cases may cause shock. So it’s risky.
Lin Lin, member of the Legislative Council of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of the United Nations, successfully conceived through artificial insemination. She mentioned that in addition to the cost of artificial insemination exceeding 200,000 yuan, she also needed two injections a day after conception. A total of 200 injections were given in more than three months. She believes that artificial insemination is expensive and difficult for young people to afford.
From the perspective of the government, it can only be considered from a macro perspective. Grasp the large and let go of the small, support and encourage childbearing, rather than excessive intervention.
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2023-08-23 16:00:00
