HONG KONG'S CARE SYSTEM STRUGGLING TO COPE WITH AGING POPULATION

As the number of elderly people rises, demand for places in public nursing facilities is soaring, as Shadow Li reports from Hong Kong.

When Peter Lam arrived home one morning in October after a brief breakfast outing, he realized something was wrong. He knocked on the door of his mother's room, but there was no response. He knocked again, but she still didn't answer.

The 40-something graphic designer pushed the door open, only to discover that what he had dreaded was true; his 80-year-old mother had had a stroke and was lying unconscious on the floor.