Wednesday is March 8th International Women's Day. The Hong Kong Central and Western District Women's Association, the Hong Kong Southern District Women's Association and the Legislative Council Chen Jiapei Office announced today (7th) "Hong Kong mothers will have multiple Wish Lists". The results show that Hong Kong mothers are willing The first three on the list of multiple births are the husband's willingness to share housework, the tax deductibility of hiring foreign domestic helpers, and the government's maternity allowance.
The husband is willing to share the housework, foreign helpers can deduct taxes and maternity allowances are the three major incentives to give birth
Hong Kong Central and Western District Women's Association, Hong Kong Southern District Women's Association and Legislative Council member Chen Jiapei's office interviewed about 500 women with children in the form of questionnaires in late February this year to find out what incentives can encourage them to be willing to have one more child .
The survey is conducted in the form of a poll. There are about 20 options to choose from in the questionnaire, and each interviewed woman can cast up to 10 votes.
The survey results of "Hong Kong mothers will have more than one wish list" show that the top three wish lists of Hong Kong mothers who are willing to have more than one child are the husband's willingness to share housework, the tax deductibility of hiring foreign helpers, and the government's maternity allowance.
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The survey results show that Hong Kong mothers are willing to have multiple wish lists. The highest vote is that the husband is willing to share the housework, with a total of 502 votes, which is close to 100%. Three votes more for maternity allowance, the difference is less than 1%.
It is difficult for dual-career parents to balance work and family Hong Kong mothers: rely on foreign helpers to take care of their daughters
Mrs. Au, who has a three-year-old daughter, said that she and her husband had a long discussion before considering giving birth to the first child: "Because of work, I have no time to take care of the children."
Mrs. Au, who has a three-year-old daughter, said, "Because of work, I will have no time to take care of the children." (Photo by Lin Aiyi)
Mrs. Ou pointed out that she and her husband are engaged in clerical work, and they work from 9 to 6 every day. "Sometimes I have to ot (work overtime) and return to the house at 7 or 8 o'clock." Most of the time, I need to rely on foreign helpers. Take care of children.
In addition, she added that under the epidemic, it is difficult to hire high-quality foreign helpers and her daughter will go to kindergarten. Faced with the pressure of further education and financial burden, she hopes that the government can lend a helping hand to provide more high-quality foreign help resources and childcare subsidies to reduce the double-job Family stress.
Legislative Council member Chen Jiapei said that in order to encourage more families to have children, it is suggested that the government distribute 20,000 yuan to the parents of each newborn baby in "cash subsidy for newborn babies".
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Chen Jiapei advocates newborn baby cash subsidy to provide $50,000 subsidy to Hong Kong people who refrigerate their eggs
Legislative Council member Chen Jiapei said that in order to encourage more families to have children, it is suggested that the government distribute 20,000 yuan of "newborn baby cash allowance" to the parents of each newborn baby, and introduce a progressive newborn child tax allowance to cultivate a talent pool in Hong Kong. Provide a subsidy of 50,000 yuan to Hong Kong citizens who use egg and sperm refrigeration services.
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