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Hong Kong’s ageing time bomb a cause for concern

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People have been spending their whole lives trying to live longer, but to 93-year-old Sum Shuet longevity is nothing but a curse. “I hope my son will fall asleep soon so I can also sleep,” Sum said, referring to the Chinese metaphor which essentially means death. “I do not want to live any more.” The nightmare dates back 13 years when Sum’s then 55-year-old son, an electronics repairman and the breadwinner of the family, had a stroke which left him staying in a...

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