Chinese officials are trying to reassure Hong Kong citizens that they will curb the number of pregnant women coming to give birth in the city as anger over non-residents’ access to health and education resources stirs up wider anti-mainland feeling.
The head of Guangdong province’s family planning department told local media this week that the government would fine anyone caught giving birth to a second child in Hong Kong as that would be an infringement of mainland China’s one-child policy.
“The people of Hong Kong can rest easy. There are definitely ways to solve this problem,” said Zhu Xiaodan, the neighbouring province’s new governor, during a visit to Hong Kong over the weekend.