Gender and Demography

[Ian_Lee]

Mainland China has a very slanted gender ratio at birth in 119:100. The rural area may be even more slanted like 145:100.

But interestingly other Chinese communities have a reversed headache. Singapore's girls are hard to find their spouses and the government has to arrange dating for them. Lately HK statistics shows that 25% of the marriagable female group (20-44 yr old) may never be able to find a husband in the future.

Moreover, both governments in Singapore and HK are now encouraging their residents to have more babies. Singapore even provides financial incentive to those having more than 2 children.

Now I wonder if Mainland China undergoes rapid urbanization, the overpopulation problem may fade away like Singapore and HK do!

[skylee]

Lately HK statistics shows that 20% of the marriagable female group (25-44 yr old) may never be able to find a husband.

And if I remember correctly the birth rate in HK is 0.7 per couple. And there are fewer and fewer couples.

[Quest]

:? Is it because the HK men are seeking mainland girls?

[Ian_Lee]

Quest:

It is not related to that.

According to HK government census of 2002, in the cohorts of 20-44 yrs, girls outnumber guys by 213,000. Projected on such basis, by 2031, among 1,000 marriagable girls there will be only 732 guys. Read:

http://hk.news.yahoo.com/040208/60/wzvi.html

It seems boys will be lucky in HK. Time will come when you need to pay dowry to get your daughter married in HK.

[skylee]

And they had better build more female toilets in public facilities.

[Ian_Lee]

Actually I wonder how come there are so many girls in HK nowadays. In fact, in average most of the friends/relatives I know usually have girls instead of boys. Is there any medical or environmental reasons that cause such phenomenon?

[cometrue]

But interestingly other Chinese communities have a reversed headache. Singapore's girls are hard to find their spouses and the government has to arrange dating for them. Lately HK statistics shows that 25% of the marriagable female group (20-44 yr old) may never be able to find a husband in the future.

so introduce them to me is a better choice! lol kidding!

[smithsgj]

Cometrue and Skylee: the forum's first successful true life match?

[skylee]

[trooper]

I hear wedding bells!

[cometrue]

come on! guys!

[cometrue]

BTW, i think skylee is a male? isnt it? haha

[Quest]

female ;) and she needs some Love Actually.

[cometrue]

female ;) and she needs some Love Actually.

man!

[Guest Wuliao]

Queer Eye for the Straight Guy

[skylee]

queer ...

[Quest]

wrong show, wuliao.

[skylee]

News report of 22 Feb 2005 -> 曾蔭權：三個唔嫌多

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[Ian_Lee]

Skylee:

I think HK government should levy a "Cross-Border Marriage Tax" -- any guy who gets married in Mainland got to pay government HK$10,000 (Of course girls who seek marriage across the border should be exempted.)

Regarding encourgaing to have 3 kids in every family, is the government going to subsidize the Middle Class to afford a 1,200 sq ft apartment if they need more space for a bigger household?

[skylee]

The Census and Statistics Department of HK released the findings of its recent bi-census yesterday. The findings are interesting and alarming. News report in English here -> Singletons threat to growth

The Census and Statistics Department said a by-census taken last July and August found the number of never- married males aged 15 and above rose to 34.3 percent in 2006, up from 33.9 percent in 2001. The figure recorded in 1996 was 34.2 percent.

The figure was even more alarming for women, rising from 28.9 percent in 1996 to 30.1 percent in 2001 and 30.7 percent in 2006. Many of the unmarried women had schooling to higher education level.

Data released Thursday also showed a switch from a male-dominant society to a female-dominated city with 1,000 women to every 911 men last year compared with 1,037 men per 1,000 women in 1996.

while the number of unmarried men remained fairly steady, the number of unmarried women increased since more Hong Kong men were choosing mainland brides.

There was also a big increase of one- person households from about 16,000 in 1996 to about 41,000 last year, the majority of whom were divorced or separated adults aged from 30 to 59.