{"id":33408,"date":"2026-03-04T11:44:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T03:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=33408"},"modified":"2026-03-04T11:44:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T03:44:50","slug":"should-you-retire-the-mental-health-benefits-of-working-past-traditional-retirement-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=33408","title":{"rendered":"Should you retire? The mental health benefits of working past traditional retirement age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Benny Ratnani celebrated his 75th birthday this week, but he still works over 70 hours a week at his company, which he founded in Hong Kong in 1982.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The sole proprietor and chairman of Bee Dee Manufacturing travels frequently for work. His wholesale and export company, which employs 35 people in Hong Kong and mainland China, supplies products ranging from fashion and accessories to toys, electronics and home goods to clients primarily in the Middle East, India and the United States.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Born in Indonesia and a resident of Hong Kong for 57 years, Ratnani loves what he does and feels good seeing his clients happy.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI\u2019ve nurtured my company since its inception, and I\u2019ve enjoyed watching it thrive over the decades.\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">He is one of a growing number of Hong Kong residents who plan to work past the traditional retirement age of 65.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ratnani founded Bee Dee Manufacturing in Hong Kong in 1982. Photo: Sun Yeung\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/03\/03\/5e0efefa-1bbd-4ebf-84e6-f4a3943d6088_5e8ac36f.jpg\" title=\"Ratnani founded Bee Dee Manufacturing in Hong Kong in 1982. Photo: Sun Yeung\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1ixmelf e1gf69pb1\">Ratnani founded Bee Dee Manufacturing in Hong Kong in 1982. Photo: Sun Yeung<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Hong Kong\u2019s workforce is ageing rapidly. According to the International Labour Organization, the city\u2019s labour force aged 65 years and older more than doubled to 12.5 per cent from 2011 to 2021. Among the factors that drove this increase were high living costs, a desire to remain active and a longer life expectancy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/health-wellness\/article\/3345206\/should-you-retire-mental-health-benefits-working-past-traditional-retirement-age?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benny Ratnani celebrated his 75th birthday this week, but he still works over 70 hours a week at his company, which he founded in Hong&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1464,3009,1714,2956,7506,7954,2752,1707],"class_list":["post-33408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-age","tag-benefits","tag-health","tag-mental","tag-retire","tag-retirement","tag-traditional","tag-working","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}