The Kai Tak Sports Park, which is expected to be completed in two years, is one of the important venues for Hong Kong to host the 2025 National Games. It is reported that the current progress has reached nearly 70%. In June next year, the middle and late stages of the process, commonly known as "wind, fire, water cooling," will be launched.
According to the news, in order to cope with the peak manpower period in June next year and to ensure that the venues are available for the National Games, Kai Tak Sports Park intends to apply to the Labour Department for the introduction of 500 to 600 foreign workers. The Labour Department rarely cooperates with all labor representatives on the Labour Advisory Board. "Get the bottom line" of the meeting.
However, the labor representatives all expressed reservations about the application.
LAB member Tan Jinlian emphasized that there are enough workers in Hong Kong. The electricians alone have registered more than 80,000 people. They do not understand why the Kai Tak Sports Park needs to bring in 600 foreign workers: "The government does not think that the unemployment rate has dropped, but it is actually a lot. Workers are under-employed.” She suggested that the park should strengthen recruitment promotion and attract local workers: “The labor union cannot even receive the information for recruiting people in a Kai Tak Sports Park. The recruitment process needs to be reviewed and scared.” The Kai Tak Sports Park intends to apply for introduction. Regarding 600 foreign workers, "Hong Kong 01" is inquiring with the Labour Department.
The construction cost of the Kai Tak Sports Park is 31.9 billion yuan and is expected to be completed in 2023.
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It is expected that June next year will be the peak period of "wind, fire and water cooling" construction
The Kai Tak Sports Park cost 31.9 billion yuan. Sports Commissioner Yang Deqiang said this month that the exterior wall and interior decoration will be available from March to April next year, and it is expected to be completed by the end of 2023.
It is reported that the Kai Tak Sports Park contractor, representatives of the Home Affairs Bureau and others recently met with the labor representatives of the LAB and revealed their intention to apply to the Labour Department for importing 500 to 600 foreign workers, referring to welding, plumbing, electrical and mechanical, air-conditioning and other types of work. There is a lack of local skilled manpower, and the relevant construction peak will be in June next year, so foreign workers need to be brought in.
The LAB’s labor members describe the rare meeting with “understanding”
Tan Jinlian, who participated in the meeting, described similar "understanding" meetings as rare. According to the current mechanism, it takes four weeks to recruit foreign workers.
She expects that if the contractor of the Kai Tak Sports Park "applies to the form" as usual, the chance of "specting cars" and not receiving the support of the labor members of the LAB will be extremely high. Therefore, there will be a "understanding" meeting.
Tan Jinlian: Unemployment rate drops but many workers are underemployed
Tan Jinlian said that the relevant parties should start with local recruitment: "Wind, fire, water and electricity have different registration systems in Hong Kong. Only there are 80,000 registered electric license workers. It is not difficult to hire local workers." She suggested that the garden should strengthen recruitment. Propaganda to attract local workers: "The government does not think that the unemployment rate is falling, but in fact, many workers are underemployed."
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Wu Weiliang, director of rights and interests of the Hong Kong Construction Industry Federation, also pointed out that there will be no shortage of workers in the local area. "Please come for high-priced workers." Coupled with fluctuations in manpower demand, they do not agree to recruit such a large number of foreign workers. The government should also strengthen relevant training. Increase the manpower in the industry: "If you need to operate special machines, please ask two or three foreign workers to train for waste. Hong Kong must have enough people for mechanical and electrical work such as air-conditioning and plumbing."
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