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    Border patrol on baby watch

    Border patrol on baby watch
    August 14, 2011 .

    The temptation to cross from the mainland to give birth is too great for some Chinese women, writes Malcolm Moore in Hong Kong.

    At the border between China and Hong Kong, a team of 12 doctors is keeping a close eye out for pregnant women.

    Each day, expectant mothers from the mainland attempt to cross the border in the hope of giving their children a Hong Kong passport and, in many cases, avoiding China's one-child policy.

    What started as a trickle in 2001, after a landmark court case granted Hong Kong residency to the child of two mainland parents, has become a deluge that threatens to overwhelm hospitals in the territory.

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    Of the 88,000 babies born in Hong Kong last year, about 45 per cent were the children of mainland parents.

    Gangsheng yidai, the ''Hong Kong-born generation'', has become a popular catchphrase, while agencies have sprung up to offer package deals to rich Chinese who are drawn to the city's world-class medical care.

    More than 1500 Chinese women waited until they were into labour before making the hour-long journey to hospitals across the border.

    In response, Hong Kong has introduced a quota of 3400 spaces at its public hospitals and 31,000 more at its private hospitals. The tally is about 7 per cent lower than the expected number of mainland births for this year.

    Additional measures to calm the situation include the team of doctors at the border. They have managed to stop 1200 women this year.

    Any woman they spot who is more than seven months pregnant and does not have a previous medical record in Hong Kong is refused entry.

    The doctors operated from 9am to 10pm, seven days a week, a Health Department spokesman said. ''In the case of any emergency, the women will be transferred to hospitals for management.''

    Cheung Tak Hon, the head of obstetrics at the Prince of Wales public hospital in Shatin, near the border, thought the new measures had been effective but was concerned about a lack of control in private hospitals. ''There has been a significant rise in private hospital charges. Hong Kong is a market economy.''

    Since February Dr Cheung's hospital and three other public hospitals have refused any more bookings from mainland mothers. He still expected 60 to 70 women would manage to evade the border controls and arrive while in labour.

    Several Chinese agencies now offer ''birth deals'' in Hong Kong, as well as trips to the US and Canada.

    A salesman at HKBB (Hong Kong Baby) said he could arrange a private car to the border and, on the other side, an agent to help pass through customs, appointments with doctors in Hong Kong and even someone to go and collect the child's Hong Kong resident's permit.

    The fees range from 80,000 yuan ($12,000) to 180,000 yuan, depending on the level of service.

    ''All that has happened with the new measures is that they have made it slightly more inconvenient,'' he said.

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    What started as a trickle in 2001, after a landmark court case granted Hong Kong residency to the child of two mainland parents, has become a deluge that threatens to overwhelm hospitals in the territory
    Hmmm, that has a familiar ring to it........
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