Luo Zhiguang: The community care service for the elderly in Hong Kong in the Greater Bay Area is the largest number of Hong Kong residents living in Shenzhen or first

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Written by: Kuang Xiaobin

2020-10-25 10:58

Last update date: 2020-10-25 10:58

The Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Luo Zhiguang, stated in his blog today (25th) that many Hong Kong residents now live regularly in the Greater Bay Area. The authorities need to explore the current nearly 90,000 people aged 65 or above who often live in Hong Kong in the Bay Area. How can permanent residents stay in communities where they have adapted to receive services when they have long-term care needs in the future?

He pointed out that Shenzhen is the city where most Hong Kong people live in the Bay Area. Perhaps the authorities can start with Shenzhen.

Luo Zhiguang pointed out that many Hong Kong residents now live regularly in the Bay Area. How can they choose to retire in Guangdong and receive long-term care services when they are "older" without having to return to Hong Kong to receive services. The authorities need to explore work.

(Information Picture/Photo by Lu Yiming)

Luo Zhiguang stated in his blog that the focus of returning home for the elderly in the 1980s and 1990s was "returning home." There will be fewer and fewer elderly people in Hong Kong who will maintain a "rural" relationship. He said: "Just like me. The "elders" who were born and raised in Hong Kong have only returned to their hometown once in the past, and their relationship with the "countryside" is very weak."

In mid-2019, 89,000 Hong Kong permanent residents over the age of 65 lived in Guangdong Province

Luo Zhiguang pointed out that due to the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, especially the increasingly convenient and fast transportation, different places in the Bay Area can be reached within one hour. He said: "From the Hong Kong city center to Guangzhou, time and Aberdeen on Hong Kong Island and Yuen Long are almost the same.” As for how many Hong Kong people will choose to live in other Bay Area cities when they retire in the future, Luo Zhiguang bluntly said that it is still unknown, but now many Hong Kong residents often live in the Bay Area. In daily life, how can they choose to retire in "Guangdong" and receive long-term care services when they are "older" without returning to Hong Kong to receive services are tasks that the authorities need to explore.

According to information from the Immigration Department, the Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong estimates that in mid-2019, about 538,000 Hong Kong permanent residents are regularly living in Guangdong Province, of which about 89,000 are 65 years of age or above.

83.8% of Hong Kong permanent residents who usually live or stay in Mainland China for a long time live in Guangdong Province.

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Consideration should be given to how to establish conditions so that residents who consider "returning to Guangdong" for the elderly have options

Luo Zhiguang believes that at present, nearly 90,000 Hong Kong permanent residents aged 65 or above who often live in the Bay Area can stay in the communities where they have adapted to receive services when they have long-term care needs in the future.

He continued that Shenzhen is the city where most Hong Kong people live in the Bay Area. Perhaps the authorities can start with Shenzhen.

He pointed out that there are hospitals in Shenzhen managed by the University of Hong Kong. The authorities have also adopted the Bought Place Scheme since 2014. The Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation has provided services to Hong Kong elderly people with long-term care needs in Yantian, Shenzhen. There are currently 145 Hong Kong elderly stay.

Luo Zhiguang said that in addition to considering how Hong Kong people who are already "in Guangdong" can "stay in Guangdong" when they need long-term care in the future, they should also consider how to establish conditions so that Hong Kong permanent residents who would consider "returning to Guangdong" for retirement A real choice.

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