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Why has Hong Kong women’s life expectancy hit record high? What about the men?
In an article on the high life expectancy in HK, SOSC/ PPOL Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN was quoted as attributing the increasing life expectancy to relatively high income, social safety nets, proximity to primary healthcare and a relatively healthy lifestyle and diet. Read the full article here.
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2025/hong-kong-womans-life-expectancy
Top-heavy age structure in China may soon bring economic difficulties, warns Park on 21CN
IEMS Director Albert Park was interviewed by the 21st Century Business Herald magazine on the topic of population and demographic growth in mainland China. In the article, Prof. Park stated that the mainland populated aged 60 and above would double to 30% over the next 20-30 years. Coupled with a low fertility rate, ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2016/park-china-aging-population-economic-problems-21cn
Aging Chinese Face a Bleak Picture, Park told WSJ, CNN, SCMP and Science Magazine
IEMS’ Albert Park discussed his landmark survey of the middle-aged and elderly in China entitled The China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), which aims to collect multidisciplinary data, ranging from socio-economics status to health conditions, to be used to support the scientific analysis of ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2013/park-aging-chinese-face-a-bleak-picture---research-study-by-iems-albert-park-featured-on-wsj-cnn-scmp-and-science-magazine
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