Hong Kong has brought in more than 800 minibus drivers from mainland China as part of a temporary solution to the city’s labour shortage, with operators hopeful the scheme will be extended to help plug gaps in the ageing workforce. Minibus companies made the appeal after authorities reiterated that importing labour was only a “short-term”…
After being forced to quit, Har Cheng* went to the Hong Kong food stall she had worked at for almost two decades, only to find out she had been replaced by imported labourers from mainland China. Feeling angry and mistreated, Cheng, 67, who helped wash dishes, clean tables and sell beers at the traditional dai…
A catering sector union has urged the Hong Kong government to regularly review a scheme to import workers to ease long-standing staff shortages and pause it if needed, saying more than 200 locals had reported being fired and replaced by newcomers. The Eating Establishment Employees General Union said on Thursday that it had received a…
Hong Kong’s largest workers’ union has called on the government to establish a mechanism to suspend a staff import scheme in industries experiencing rising unemployment rates, citing the impact of the arrival of 75,000 labourers in the past two years. The Federation of Trade Unions made the plea on Sunday, saying unemployment rates had increased…