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Written by: Commentary Editing Room
2021-04-12 17:10
Last update date: 2021-04-12 17:10
The Secretary for Labour and Welfare Law Chi-kwong published a blog on Sunday (11th), stating that the "Greater Bay Area Youth Employment Program" has received overwhelming response from companies since its launch in January, stating that as of April 7, a total of 275 companies have provided more than 2,000 jobs. For vacancies, a total of 5727 people have received applications through the Internet.
It is undoubtedly a good thing to provide young people with opportunities for urban development in the Greater Bay Area, but officials should reflect on why local innovation and technology have failed to retain talent.
Hong Kong suffers from the high cost of living and it has been difficult to attract talents in innovation and technology. The Hong Kong government had prescribed the prescription to retain local talents for development in Hong Kong. However, when the unemployment rate of Hong Kong youths is high, government departments have coincidentally encouraged young people to go north to the Greater Bay Area.
In the end, whether the Hong Kong government wants to retain or export talents, such contradictions in policies are indeed worthy of reflection.
It was at a time when the unemployment rate of Hong Kong youths was high, and government departments unanimously encouraged young people to go north to the Greater Bay Area.
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Encourage the north to reflect the lack of retention
According to the Global Cost of Living Index released by the Economist Intelligence Unit in 2020, after comprehensive expenses such as rent, clothing, food, and tuition, the cost of living in Hong Kong is still the most expensive in the world.
For the global talents of innovation and technology, part-time job is also for the sake of living well. In such a harsh living environment in Hong Kong, it is difficult to attract talents in hardware.
What the Hong Kong government should do is to solve the disadvantages of the high cost of living locally and the insufficient development of innovation and technology to attract top talents, so as to try to retain the globally sought-after innovation and technology talent.
However, the government has not only failed to retain people, but also blamed the issue of youth unemployment in the Greater Bay Area under the epidemic, and only sent away precious talents. Its policy thinking also seems to run counter to the policy of devoting to innovation and technology in recent years.
More than 2,000 job vacancies created by the "Greater Bay Area Youth Employment Program", more than half of which are in innovation and technology positions. All qualified candidates hold a bachelor's degree or above, and their academic qualifications are all related to science, technology, engineering, mathematics and other fields. Related.
On the one hand, Hong Kong suffers from a shortage of talents in innovation and technology, but the government seems to be satisfied with the role of exporting talents. Even local graduates are not trying to retain them. They even regard exporting talents as a panacea for solving local social problems. It is inevitably regarded as drinking poison to quench thirst.
The Chief Secretary for Administration Zhang Jianzong was concerned about the high youth unemployment rate, and as a result, he called young people to look for opportunities in the Greater Bay Area. The Director of the Bureau of Labor and Welfare, Luo Zhiguang, faced the problem of youth unemployment, but chose to encourage young people to intern and start their own businesses in the Greater Bay Area.
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To be yourself is to contribute to the Greater Bay Area
Under the epidemic, the youth unemployment rate in Hong Kong is high. The latest statistics show that the unemployment rate for people aged 15 to 29 is as high as 10.7% and the number of unemployed is 69,400.
These young people live in Hong Kong and are rooted here. What the government should do is to allow these young people to live and work in peace and contentment there.
Hong Kong has always been one of the cities in the Greater Bay Area. The increase in employment opportunities in Hong Kong has originally contributed to the entire Greater Bay Area.
By leaving the unemployment, housing, and elderly issues to the neighboring mainland cities for digestion, doesn't it make Hong Kong a burden in the Greater Bay Area?
The Chief Secretary for Administration Zhang Jianzong is concerned about the high youth unemployment rate, but only asks young people to look for opportunities in the Greater Bay Area; the Director of the Bureau of Labor and Welfare Luo Zhiguang faces the problem of youth unemployment, but chooses to encourage young people to intern and start businesses in the Greater Bay Area.
Although the Greater Bay Area has its development opportunities, the Hong Kong government does not deal with its own problems first, and is unwilling to face the problems of limited local opportunities, insufficient entrepreneurial space, and slow industrial development. Is this what a responsible government should look like?
Rather than thinking about how to send Hong Kong youths away, the government should reflect on how to improve the living environment of local youths, provide them with sufficient development opportunities, and create synergies with cities in the Greater Bay Area, rather than just outsourcing social issues. .
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