The Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, also the Cyberport, both government sponsored incubators, contain many startups and have been operating for years.

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"Other countries are old and rich, " said Albert Park, a professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and another survey leader.

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Only a quarter of migrant workers in the cities were covered by pensions in 2010, compared with four-fifths of locals, according to Albert Park of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

ECONOMIST: China is beginning to face up to its pension problems