5E Lin Sin Yi, Rose
“The cases of pregnant mainlanders giving births in Hong Kong have reached unprecedentedly high found by recent survey.” This is no astounding news. Hong Kong is a prosperous city which has long been renowned for its comprehensive medical services. Citizens here can always enjoy the world-class and advanced services provided by the hospitals. However, the mushrooming cases mentioned above have directly exerted tremendous pressure on our medical system. Not only do they bring down the quality of medical services but also deprive our citizens of their rights. Why does this rising tide sweep across Hong Kong?
Not only do the pregnant mainlanders exert great pressure on our economy but thye also put pressure on our medical system. Due to the aging problem in our society, the present number of doctors and nurses can barely support our senior citizens and provide efficient services for them. However, the increasing number of pregnant mainlanders has even pushed them beyond limit. Their workload is far over their ability. For example, a nurse has to look after ten to twelve patients at one time. Some doctors and nurses may even choose to leave their occupation so as to end those intolerable pressures. Apart from these problems, the mainlanders also pose a threat to our citizens’ health and life. Many local pregnant women have kept complaining that the services provided by the hospital have worsened and they even have to sleep in the corridor because of the lack of hospital beds. The number of beds has become so limited. The hospitals in Hong Kong are supposed to provide services for Hong Kong citizens. It is astonishing to find that it has now become the paradise for mainlanders to give birth to their babies but not us. Our government should on no account satisfy the desire of them at the expense of our health.
The issue of pregnant mainlanders is also problematic as it is testing our law system. In order to solve this problem, our government has restricted the number of those women coming to Hong Kong. Unfortunately, not only has the policy not solved the problem, but also it has stirred up the law breakers providing illegal services to them. In order to earn money, many offenders offer many plans to help them to give birth in Hong Kong. They rent out illegal hotel and hostel accommodation to the mainlanders. These acts are virtually challenging our law system and will inevitably affect the stability of Hong Kong. Some of these so-called hostels are actually rented apartments. Some rent out flats in a residental building to the mainlanders and this will affect the security of Hong Kong. Just imagine, would you like to see that there are always some strangers living next door? Definitely not!
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