New vacancies created by the government should be fairly distributed according to needs

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2021-03-29 17:35

Last update date: 2021-03-29 17:35

The new crown pneumonia has hit Hong Kong's economy severely. The Civil Service Bureau met with a number of tourism industry chambers and associations on Monday (29th) to arrange tourism practitioners to work in community vaccination centers. It is expected to provide 1,800 jobs, with a frontline salary of 100 yuan per hour, and is responsible for on-site registration. And maintaining order, etc. The position lasts about half a year.

The measures may temporarily alleviate the unemployment and salary suspension difficulties of many people in the tourism industry, but the relevant arrangements are not without question.

The latest unemployment rate in consumer and tourism-related industries is still as high as 11.1%. Creating jobs under the epidemic can be described as the government's top priority.

In this year's budget, the government has also followed last year's practice. It allocated 6.6 billion yuan from the "Epidemic Prevention and Anti-epidemic Fund" to create 30,000 time-limited jobs in public and private organizations.

However, on the one hand, the government allocates funds to create jobs, but on the other hand, it has given many job opportunities to civil servants who have not been affected by the epidemic. For example, relevant positions in community vaccination centers are now mainly held by current or retired civil servants.

From the perspective of making good use of public funds to solve the unemployment problem in Hong Kong, this is only a double waste.

Many retired civil servants already have pensions to support their lives. In addition, retirees are not among the unemployed. The government gives priority to hiring them to help relieve the unemployed and suspended local residents.

At present, there are more than 20 vaccination centers in Hong Kong. Each center is expected to require about 60 people. The upper and lower shifts each require more than 1,000 manpower. The registration and maintenance of the relevant positions should be capable of most people. , And the Government’s giving priority to this type of work to retired civil servants is undoubtedly a waste of golden opportunities to alleviate the high unemployment rate.

The Civil Service Bureau met with a number of tourism industry chambers and associations on Monday (29th), and plans to arrange tourism practitioners to work in community vaccination centers.

(Profile picture / Photo by Liang Pengwei)

Open government vacancies to review the recruitment mechanism

On the other hand, the government outsources relevant positions to tourism practitioners after meeting with the travel industry associations and associations. It is also unfair to other industries suffering from the epidemic, such as retail, accommodation, catering services, and education, entertainment, and recreational activities.

The government has existing job vacancies. At a time when the unemployment rate is high, the jobs should be opened to the general public who are seeking jobs. If people in other industries are able to take up related jobs, the government should naturally open vacancies to them instead of favoring one another. Tourism.

Obviously, the government's criteria for assigning posts cannot be linked to the "tight power" negotiated by the relevant chambers of commerce and associations.

With the expansion of measures related to epidemic vaccinations, epidemic prevention publicity, and case testing, temporary job vacancies such as registration and order management with similar functions as this time will continue to increase. The government should also absorb the unemployed in other industries affected by the epidemic, rather than In the form of a one-off special case, it is outsourced to the travel industry that has "people from North Korea and China".

Moreover, at present, not only the existing employees in the industry are facing the unemployment problem in Hong Kong, but also the unemployment problem of newly graduated youths.

The unemployment rate among 15-24-year-old youths is currently as high as 15.6%. The government also needs to cooperate with tertiary institutions to recruit more recent graduates to alleviate the same serious youth unemployment problem in more vacancies filled by retired civil servants. .

If it is feasible for the government to negotiate with the chamber of commerce for outsourcing recruitment methods, the government should face the problem of youth unemployment directly with similar methods.

If people in other industries are able to take on related tasks, the government should naturally open vacancies to them.

(Photo by Liang Pengwei)

In the past, when the government recruited part-time vacancies, it might give priority to hiring retired civil servants because of relevant experience and personnel costs. However, in the special situation of the epidemic, the government should also make good use of limited resources in addition to creating jobs. The precious job opportunities are first allocated to the unemployed people who are more in need.

At the same time, the authorities must also speed up the process of creating job vacancies, study how many part-time vacancies held by retired civil servants within the government are actually suitable for outsiders, and open up relevant vacancies for more unemployed citizens to apply.

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