imported labourers – Charm

Hong Kong congee chain’s closure leaves mainland workers without wages, home

Cs news1 month ago02 mins

The abrupt closure of a three-decade-old congee restaurant chain in Hong Kong has left around 20 imported workers from mainland China facing eviction from their dormitory and worried about being sent home without collecting unpaid wages. The mainland workers, who arrived in Hong Kong through the city’s supplementary labour scheme in May last year, were…

Hong Kong transport, catering firms urge government to keep labour import schemes

Cs news9 months ago01 mins

Transport and catering operators have urged Hong Kong authorities to continue offering labour import schemes to help fill the thousands of vacancies in the workforce, despite some unions calling for the measures to be suspended. Representatives of minibus and catering companies said the schemes to bring in workers, mainly from mainland China, were also part…