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Elderly in HK vie for jobs as Asia's worst ageing crisis looms

Published Tue, Feb 24, 2015 · 09:50 PM

Hong Kong

EIGHTY-SIX years old and still job hunting.

Wong Siu-ying had to stop passing out leaflets when she hurt her knee in August. But with two-thirds of her social security income spent on rent and no steady allowance from her three children, retirement isn't an option.

"It isn't enough," Ms Wong said of the roughly HK$…

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