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Residents of the southern Chinese territory have sex 3.55 times per month, almost half of the global average of 6.48 times, according to the survey of 12,500 people from 27 countries.
Brazilians spend the most time having sex: they do it 7.9 times a month with France coming second with 7.7 times and Turkey ranking third with 7.4 times.
Although Hong Kongers ranked third-lowest in sex satisfaction, they get more pleasure than Italian lovers, the Casanova nation somewhat surprisingly ranking just above Koreans at the bottom of the league table.
In contrast, Mexicans were found to get the most satisfaction from sex, with the Brazilians second and the Spaniards ranked third.
Hong Kong's dissatisfied lovers, a sorry bunch who repeatedly bottom out in sex surveys and were once found to prefer work to sex, seem to have problems getting started.
Some 58 percent of the male respondents in the territory admitted they could not always raise sufficient interest, while 80 percent of females said their partners were not always up to the job.
Ng Man-lun, dubbed "Doctor Sex" locally and vice president of the Hong Kong Sex Education Association, said most men in Hong Kong refused to face the decline of their sex ability.
"Sex ability is just like life, there are changes in every stage. Men have the best sex ability around the age of twenty and will slide after that," he said.
"Pressures from life and the relationship of a couple will also affect sex ability," he said, urging couples to communicate better about their love lives to enhance their satisfaction.
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