{"id":75676,"date":"2026-06-22T12:06:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T07:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=75676"},"modified":"2026-06-22T12:06:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T07:06:22","slug":"hong-kong-offers-baby-bonus-to-boost-birth-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=75676","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong offers baby bonus to boost birth rate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong (Lord Media): The Hong Kong government has provided a &#8216;baby bonus&#8217; of 180 million Hong Kong dollars to parents of newborns to increase the city&#8217;s birth rate. Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han stated that by May 31, 2026, parents of 71,866 children have received a bonus of 20,000 Hong Kong dollars.<\/p>\n<p>This scheme was launched in October 2023 by Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu, aiming to improve the city&#8217;s low birth rate. 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