Hong Kong doesn’t need to match Singapore’s HK$400,000 birth perk: top official - South China Morning Post

Leopold ChenPublished: 5:36pm, 22 Sep 2026Updated: 7:08pm, 22 Sep 2026Hong Kong does not need to emulate Singapore’s generous childbirth incentives, a senior official has said, defending the city’s latest 11-measure policy drive to encourage births as a “comprehensive” approach.

Addressing concerns that Hong Kong’s approach was too incremental compared with Singapore’s multi-tier sustained funding, Deputy Chief Secretary Warner Cheuk Wing-hing said on Tuesday that each jurisdiction has its own unique set of circumstances.

“Some people ask, ‘Why don’t you learn from Singapore by pledging a HK$400,000 [US$50,984] package?’” he told a radio show.

“We approach the matter in different ways and I think it is appropriate for us to launch the current 11 measures.”