Test-tube baby

This story is about the middle-agency single man became a father of 3 test-tube babies in Hong Kong. Actually, the story is not that unusual but people tend to discuss it's moral decision and it's a good chance to test the social acceptance.

This man comes from an extremely rich family, firstly people expect it should be VERY easy for him to get a partner to have baby for him. Is rich man more attracting? Yes, women tend to find a comfortable environment to raise children because it can give a better chance for the children to survive and more successful. Financial and psychological comfort are the main concern to run a family with offsprings. BUT how come he prefers to be a single father? Interesting, people expect is easy for a rich guy to get a woman. But my response is "Really?" Maybe it's easy to get someone, but it may not easy to get the Mrs Right.

Some moral questions raised...

Should he wait until he find a partner?
Is there any double standard of being a single mom or a single dad?
Is there an expectation of mom being a care-taker rather then a dad?
Is there a sequence to become a husband first and then become a father?

To me, it seems it's a personal preference, but actually this decision also would affect the children in the furture. We could consider how and what the children will face when they grow up, how would they feel when they are quite unusual compare with the peers.

I hope all the children will have happy childhood with a lot of family love.
代母誕三子 富豪成焦點
(星島)2010年10月29日 星期五

城中富豪二代利用高科技代母受孕方式，誕下三男丁，消息躍登成為本港數份報章頭條新聞，有報更連續兩天以此為頭條。人工受孕在外國很普遍，生三胞胎不足為奇。按名氣而論，若藝人巨星產子，充其量是娛樂版頭條。普通人就算天賦異稟，人工受孕一誕九胎，縱使三頭六臂、瓜瓜落地即會行會走，副刊趣聞一則而已。惟香港傳媒熱衷以巨富家事作招徠，是順應大眾庸俗口味，還是別有用心？值得細探。

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　　結婚產子，傳宗接代，本是人生正常不過之事，唯獨香港人例外。因為生活逼人，在港被逼當樓奴奉獻一生者比比皆是，養兒育女、供書教學更是奢侈昂貴的夢想。「未養掂自己，點養下一代？」已隱然成為打工仔生活的潛規則。假如兩公婆胼手胝足，終於略積資產，欲誕下一代時，才發現女方生育期已過、男的體能亦因為工作搏殺過度而力有不逮，心裏遺憾不已。某天看報忽然發現巨賈產子，不用結婚，不用懷胎十月，不用為生活張羅，只因荷包腫脹，居然連中三元，產子只需簽一張支票那麼瀟灑。摸摸自己肚皮，無奈接受原來產子也是富者特權，心裏是甚麼滋味？

　　富人用任何方法產子，是他家的自由。老富商晚年得孫，本亦樂事。但傳媒推波助瀾，將一家的私事刻意放大至港人關心的頭等大事，還詳盡報道如何分配財產。閱畢報章的絕大多數打工仔，對社會不公有甚麼聯想，不言而喻。被訪者還以為這是莫大榮譽，其實上了傳媒的當還不自知。所以不要怪港人仇富，因為鼓吹此風者，正是傳媒和所有為富不仁者的共業。