Very Funny

Whoever said Hong Kong could accommodate a 10 million population has obviously had his bowtie around his neck a little too tight for a little too long.

If bold suggestions like this are ever acceptable, it'd come from someone who makes no more than a middle-class income; who lives in a rented rat hole; who takes the bus; who works 50 hours per week excluding overtime; who can't afford to shop for groceries at City Super; who doesn't have a chauffer nor a chef nor Kois nor a friggin pond to keep Kois in.

In which new world thesaurus is "overcrowding" synonymous with "strength as global financial hub"? Do we not have enough mainlanders as is? Do we really want to take in more immigrants? Or are we going to rely on the 40 households that actually have both the money and time to take Donald's advice to have at least three children each?

The UN's latest report has just confirmed that Hong Kong has the world's lowest birth rate. We are barely refilling the death rate. Following the logic that the higher birth rates usually come from underdeveloped regions, we're one hell of a super city.

The younger generation of today, which we're so counting on, is already being brought up by foreign domestic helpers. To compete with New York and London and other big shot cities, Hong Kong hasn't had time for sex for the past five decades. More often than not, the babies that do come into the world through Asia's world city are results of low-quality, copied-in-China contraceptives. Making ends meet for one person is hard enough here, where would we find the time, money and energy to raise a kid, let alone three?

You wanna compete with New York and London? Give us democracy.