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Hong Kong government allocates 6,300 jobs to aviation sector in new labour importation scheme
June 14th 2023
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government is to introduce a “labour importation scheme” for the construction and transport sectors. Read More » Planned to be launched in July, it has a quota of 20,000 workers across the two industries, including 6,300 staff in the aviation sector. Hong Kong faces a structural labour shortage after its labour force declined from 3.68 million employees in 2019 to 3.46 million workers in 2022. Greater Bay Airlines CEO, Stanley Hui, welcomed the scheme and said it will help speed the recovery of the aviation industry in the city.
