HR & Education

Labour chief to HSBC: Minimise the impact of retrenchment

The Labour & Welfare Bureau has expressed its concern with HSBC following news that the bank will cut 3,000 jobs in Hong Kong.

Labour chief to HSBC: Minimise the impact of retrenchment

The Labour & Welfare Bureau has expressed its concern with HSBC following news that the bank will cut 3,000 jobs in Hong Kong.

Civil servant recruitment starts

The government has launched a recruitment exercise to employ 25 Administrative Officers, 120 Executive Officer IIs, 10 Assistant Labour Officer IIs...

Recruitment activity in Hong Kong picks up after slow start

There was year-on-year growth in job ads as retail services benefited from an influx of tourists from the Mainland.

Labour Department promotes work safety

The Labour Department drew attention to safety precautionary measures to prevent work accidents by launching the "Work Safety Alert" on its website.

3E’s Project generates more than 520 jobs

So far $41m has been approved for 66 businesses with more than 1,500 disabled people employed.

Minimum Wage Commission to start review in Q1 2012

The needed economic and employment data will be available then.

Jobs galore: Total employment up by 15,200

The figure for May-July was a record high of 3.6 million.

Executive compensation in Hong Kong up 19% in 2010

The catch: long-term incentives remained low.

Hong Kong needs more accountants and finance professionals

Yet 93% of Hong Kong employers surveyed cannot find skilled finance professionals in the current market.

SFAA to advance textbook assistance

Ninety per cent of eligible primary and secondary students, approximately 220,000, will receive advance payment of textbook assistance for the 2011...

Anti-illegal worker operation at New Territories North makes 38 arrests

 A joint enforcement operation s mounted by the Immigration Department, the Police Force and the Labour Department resulted in 38 arrests in the New...

Labour Department to give briefing on Minimum Wage Ordinance

The Labour Department will organise a briefing on the Minimum Wage Ordinance on August 25. 

Job fair held for rehabilitated offenders

 The Correctional Services Department held a job fair for inmates soon to be released.

Hong Kong's 2nd quarter unemployment rate at 3.5%

Hong Kong's unemployment rate stood at 3.5% in the April-June period, same as that in March-May, according to the figures released by the Census &...

Government boosts public education on intellectual property rights

The Customs and Excise Department, the Intellectual Property Department and the copyright industry have been jointly organising various publicity and...

Education expenditures rise from $35M to $95M in 5 years

The Education Bureau's expenditure on national education for primary and secondary schools rose from $35.3 million in 2007-08 to an estimate of $95.7...

Food company fined for employing illegal workers

A food company was fined $90,000 by Sha Tin Magistrates' Court for hirinjg persons not lawfully employable.