Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee outlined plans to bolster the city's birth rate amid the dwindling number of children and enhance patriotic education under Beijing's "one country, two systems" principle, in his annual policy address Wednesday.In a speech at the Legislative Council, Lee announced his vision of boosting the birth rate in the semiautonomous region by rolling out financial incentives to new parents, such as a HK$20,000 ($2,555) handout and raising tax deductions.Hong Kong has seen a steady decline in its birth rate, or births per woman, over the past decade, according to fig…READ FULL ARTICLE
