Births in Hong Kong fell to a record low of 31,100 in 2025, but the education minister has insisted that school policies are not to blame. The Census and Statistics Department said on Thursday that the city’s population was provisionally estimated at 7.51 million in 2025, up 0.1 per cent year on year, with a net inflow of 29,100 Hong Kong residents. Some 50,000 deaths were recorded in the year. The number of births last year was 1,400 fewer than the previous record low of 32,500 in 2022. A...