Policy Address | Helping two thousand Hong Kong youths to work in the Greater Bay Area Luo Zhiguang: Not to send away talents

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Written by: Yuan Shu

2020-11-30 09:57

Last update date: 2020-11-30 10:01

The government announced the new policy address last week, in which it launched the "Greater Bay Area Youth Employment Program" to encourage companies with operations in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area to hire and send local university graduates to work in cities in the Greater Bay Area , 2,000 places, the government will fund 18 months.

The Secretary for Labor and Welfare, Law Chi-kwong, attended the Hong Kong and Taiwan program "Millennium" today (30), said that the "Greater Bay Area Youth Employment Program" hopes to be officially launched in the first quarter of next year, but the details still need to be adjusted.

He pointed out that the plan is not to send away talents from Hong Kong, nor is he worried that they will not return to Hong Kong after they go to the Mainland.

Facing the employment protection plan, which will end at the end of November, Luo Zhiguang said that for the time being, he will not consider launching the employment protection plan.

The Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Law Chi Kwong.

(Information Picture/Photo by Liang Pengwei)

Luo Zhiguang pointed out that it has been discussed with many companies that the company selected this time needs to be of a larger scale and can provide 8 to 10 different positions, but the specific recruitment is selected by the company itself.

He believes that although the proportion of young people in Hong Kong interested in finding employment in the Greater Bay Area is not high, he believes that the plan to provide 2,000 jobs is not too much and may not be able to meet all needs.

Non-send talents are just as you can hear French when traveling in Hong Kong

He said that due to the wage gap between the Mainland and Hong Kong, the government must use public funds to fund participating companies to hire young people from Hong Kong to maintain competitiveness.

As for whether the transfer of 2000 Hong Kong talents to other places will lead to the loss of talents, he also said that it is only a population movement, and only a movement between cities.

As for the problem of the decline in the local labor force, he pointed out that Hong Kong's labor market is very international and attracts talents from different places.

When he walks in the mountains, he can sometimes hear foreign languages ​​such as French, which belong to the working population.

He said that he is not worried that the young people participating in the project will not return to Hong Kong to develop in the future. He believes that if Hong Kong is attractive, they will still return to Hong Kong.

The government does not consider introducing employment guarantees for the time being

In addition, the job protection plan will end at the end of November. Luo Zhiguang said that for the time being, the government will not consider launching the job protection plan, but the government will continue to do a good job in talent training, including doubling the number of the love value-added program and increasing the number of unemployed Support and more.

In addition, the new "Policy Address" mentioned that the government has roughly completed the internal evaluation of the "2 yuan car concession plan". Luo Zhiguang said that preparations have been started. Among them, they are concerned about the abuse of the plan and consider disabling and suspending sales for the elderly. Octopus, in the future, all people aged 60 or above will need to purchase a personal Octopus. He said that he will arrange for a replacement of personal Octopus between the ages of 60 and 64. It is expected that it will take several months. The new budget will list the budgeted amount.

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