With the population ageing rapidly, Legislator Wong Kit Cheng says the government needs to offer additional incentives to residents to have children.
Macao birth rate
The government’s consideration of a trial subsidy scheme comes as Macao grapples with an ageing population and its lowest birth rate since 1985.
Chief Executive laments Macao continues to suffer the effects of Covid-19 and poor visitor numbers, rising unemployment and declining birth rate.
