New statistics reveal there's currently a mahor gender gap in Hong Kong, and the problem is only getting worse.

Currently, there's about 876 eligible men for every 1,000 women. Within 20 years, that number will be more like 763 men to every 1,000 women. That could mean that 1 in 5 girls born in Hong Kong today will end up having to look elsewhere if they don't want to end up forever alone.

According to David Cox, local men there are raised to believe they should be hard-working providers, while the women are too picky and won't lower their standards. As a result, many men in Hong Kong end marrying women they meet in mainland China.

Apparently, this lack of bachelors to go around is driving the local women to seek professional dating advice and plastic surgery in order to secure themselves a husband. As one 27-year-old accountant explains, she believes that she can only find her life partner once she achieves her own ideal of physical perfection. And that's just sad.

[Atlantic]