The "High-end Talent Pass Scheme" began to accept applications on December 28 last year. Sun Yuhan, the Secretary for Labor and Welfare, said in response to inquiries from members that as of January 27 this year, the program had received 7,417 applications, and 5,799 were approved and rejected. 286 applications.
In his first policy address, Chief Executive Lee Ka-chao proposed a two-year "high-end talent pass scheme" to recruit those with an annual salary of 2.5 million yuan or more in the past year and graduates from top 100 universities in the world.
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Legislative Council member Huang Junshuo of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong raised a written question in the Legislative Council today (8th) to understand the implementation of the "High-end Talent Pass Scheme".
The "High-End Talent Pass Program" attracts three types of target persons. Category A is for those with an income of 2.5 million yuan or more in the year before the application; Category B is for those who graduated from top 100 universities in the world and have accumulated at least 3 years of work experience within 5 years; and Category C applicants who graduated from top 100 universities in the world 5 years before the application but have less than 3 years of work experience.
Class C persons are capped at 10,000 people per year.
470 cases of Class A persons were approved with an annual income of 3 million to 5 million
Sun Yuhan’s written reply stated that 1,172 applications from category A people were received, 470 of which were approved and 7 were rejected; 3,485 applications from category B people were received, 2,983 of which were approved and 134 were rejected; 2,760 applications from category C people were accepted Of the applications, 2,346 were approved and 145 were rejected.
Among category A persons, there were 89 cases of persons with income of 2.5 million to 3 million yuan in the previous year, 212 cases of income of 3 million to 5 million yuan, 84 cases of 5 million to 10 million yuan, and 10 million yuan or more There are 85 cases.
3224 applications were 18 to 30 years old
For category B persons, 1,498 cases have 3 to less than 5 years of work experience, 1,467 cases have 5 to less than 10 years of work experience, and 18 cases have 10 years or more.
Overall, 3,224 approved applications were for ages 18 to 30, 1,773 for ages 31 to 40, 668 for ages 41 to 50, 124 for ages 51 to 60 and 10 for ages 61 or older.
3,360 were men and 2,439 were women.
3,419 were singles, 2,317 were married and 42 were separated or divorced.
Sun Yuhan pointed out that the high-end talent plan received 7,200 applications, which exceeded expectations, and came to work or start a business in Hong Kong within half a year. 140,000 talents?
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