Recently, many mothers-to-be from the
mainland China came to Hong Kong. In order to get an identification as a
HongKonger for their babies, they wanted to give birth to their babies in Hong
Kong. However, such behavior brought about a lot of consequences that do harm
to the benefits of the local people in Hong Kong.
B. Comments
To a large extent, I agree that the
government should increase the maternity fee for the mainland women without HK
husband to use the emergency wards in HK.
Firstly, too many mainland women give birth
to their babies in HK will adversely affect mainly HongKongers. For instance,
students in HK are facing a lot of competition. If the children of the mainland
people have a HK identity, HK students will face more competition and
pressures. In Hong Kong, it is well-known that many students study hard and
really want to get into the universities. They strive for a better future. It
is not fair to the parents who work hard and love their children. They
contribute much to HK and just want their children to have a good career
prospect. Nevertheless, if HKSAR government does not take any action to deter
birth gatecrashers from giving birth in Hong Kong, the prospects of HongKongers’
children will be dimmer. Also, the existence of birth gatecrashers harms the
mothers-to-be in HK. As they rush into the emergency wards for last-minute
deliveries, the pregnant women who have an appointment to deliver and the
gynecologist-obstetrician can’t help them to give birth to the baby as
anticipated. It may even endanger the mother-to-be’s life.
Moreover, it will increase the obstetrician’s
pressure and their workload. That’s may degrade HK’s maternity services level
and add more possibility to the medical accident.
Furthermore, housing is a big problem. Hong
Kong is small. If the population rises rapidly, the supply of housing will be
unable to meet the demand. It is world-known that China has a large population
but HK is just a small city. We can’t bear the population increase in such a
rapid speed. It may lead to population explosion.
Hong Kong has human rights, developed
welfare system, freedom of speech…… Those things are all china lack of. No
wonder how much the mainland people want their children to get the HKID, Hong
Kong people have to join hands to protect what we have as they are important to
us.
I think increasing the maternity charge is
not the most effective measure. The government should not identify the baby
whose parents are not local people as a HongKonger. This is the radical
solution to the population problem in HK.
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