In some ways, it almost seems a shame that economic and sociological doomsayers 'warnings of a population explosion were off the mark; now society must come to grips with the growing tide of elderly citizens.
可惜，過去社經學者擔心的「人口炸彈」──嬰兒出生率高漲──並沒有出現，取而代之的，卻是即將淹沒整個社會的「老年潮」。