Hong Kong not yet sold on flexible working hours

Lags behind China, Taiwan and Singapore.

A just released 2013 Regus Global Economic Indicator by global workplace provider Regus showed that just 36% of managers in Hong Kong work remotely. This compares to 53% of executives in China; 46% in Taiwan and 45% in Singapore. The global average is 48%, said Regus.

The survey also showed that 58% of respondents in Hong Kong, 59% in China and 71% in Taiwan believe effective management of remote workers is achievable with appropriate training.

Also, 41% of those surveyed in Hong Kong, 63% in China and 72% in Taiwan use efficiency-monitoring reporting systems to monitor their workers.

Of the respondents from Hong Kong, 34% said their junior employees will become more responsible through remote working. The survey revealed that 38% of Hong Kong executives believe that remote management helps maintain more professional relationships in organizations compared to 56% in China and 59% in Taiwan.

On the other hand, enterprise mobility technology vendor Citrix said that although Hong Kong is slow in adopting flexible working as compared to the global average, it is set to catch up soon.