Hong Kong’s labor chief said the city must be proactive in tackling its manpower shortage, noting that nearly two-thirds of recent departures from the workforce were highly skilled, though he stressed that local workers would not be at a disadvantage. His comments came after chief executive John Lee Ka-chiu outlined in his policy address on Wednesday that some 140,000 people had left the workforce in the past two years. Clearly it's very difficult to hire," Sun said, adding that the city can’t rely on the local talent base as there are not enough people. Sun said the government aims to import some 35,000 talented individuals in each of the next three years through different schemes. He added that work would be completed by the end of the year so that officials will start attracting firms and talent early next year.

Source: The Standard October 21, 2022 13:12 UTC