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Watch China’s popular dance programme designed to keep country’s ageing population fit
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube For more stories on China’s latest trends: https://sc.mp/ecgo Retired civil servant Yu Jicheng has created the dance routine Happy Dancing to help China’s elderly stay fit. Yu teaches daily public dance classes of up to 500 people in the city of Jiamusi, in northeastern Heilongjiang province. The programme has proved popular among China’s square-dancing participants because…
Young Indonesians train to become carers for Japan’s ageing society
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube An increasing number of young people in Indonesia have been training to become carers for the elderly as part of a Japanese government scheme to employ foreigners with special skills. Japan, with the world’s most acute ageing-population problem, is facing a dip in its domestic workforce, while Indonesia lacks local job opportunities. Support us: https://subscribe.scmp.com Follow…
Elderly taxi driver keeps his foot on the pedal as public debates over ageing drivers
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Several accidents on Hong Kong roads involving elderly taxi drivers in 2023 have sparked public debate on whether stricter medical requirements or even an age limit should be imposed on commercial drivers. Wong Po-keung, who is still driving his taxi after 55 years, said elderly taxi drivers help ease Hong Kong’s labour shortage. The 76-year-old cabby…
Free subway rides for the elderly become a political headache in ageing South Korea
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Amid a rapidly ageing population and soaring operating costs, subway systems in South Korea’s metropolises are increasingly grappling with snowballing losses from free rides for the elderly. Seoul’s local government says the influx of free riders is creating a massive financial burden. Park Gyung-sun is among a growing number of “silver delivery” courier groups at the…
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