Over 3,700 locals employed as non-local worker cap remains strict

The principle that non-resident workers are only a temporary supplement to local manpower shortages “has never changed,” authorities reaffirmed, adding that over 3,700 locals had been hired as of April through a series of job-matching and support measures. Lo Chi Fai, head of the Office of the Secretary for Economy and Finance, asserted during a Legislative Assembly session on Tuesday that any encroachment on local residents’ employment opportunities and labor rights resulting from the recruitment of non-resident workers is absolutely impermissible. Authorities further observed that the implementation of “1+4” key industry projects has contr…