Many Malaysians are multilingual, including in Cantonese, said the city’s labour minister.
HONG KONG – The Hong Kong government plans to focus on recruiting talent from South-east Asia and Europe to supplement and diversify the city’s imported labour force.
“There is a good talent pool , and I think it’s worthwhile for us to give it a try,” he said, adding that the government also aimed to hire financial and technology talent from Europe. “The government’s focus on talent recruitment in Malaysia reflects its commitment to fostering a diversified and skilled workforce,” the chamber told The Straits Times.
But Hong Kong is lacking in some areas, she said. “When my Muslim friends visit, for example, it can be difficult taking them around for meals as the halal options here are extremely limited.”striving to offer more halal food options across the cityLawmakers have, in recent days, raised concern about a lack of diversity in Hong Kong’s imported labour force, with mainlanders accounting for three in four of the 180,000 workers brought to the city across all talent schemes since December 2022.
“Rather than supporting local employment, the government has instead brought a huge threat to it,” the Health Services Employees Association and the Caregiving Services Employees Association said in their statement.In April, unions representing workers in bus services lambasted a government move to allow bus service operator Citybus to hire 20 mainland drivers to alleviate what officials said was a “severe labour shortage”.
Hong Kong has been ramping up recruitment of imported workers in an effort to plug large gaps in its labour force, in higher-skilled and professional services as well as other sectors including construction, transport and health.
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