Minister rejects claims mainland Chinese nurses are favoured over local candidates
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Fresh Hong Kong graduates are increasingly feeling the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) as they enter the workforce, human resources experts have said, after a survey found the starting salaries for degree holders and sub-degree graduates had narrowed. The results of the latest annual survey by Baptist University found the disparity between the starting salaries of bachelor’s degree and sub-degree graduates narrowed by 17 per cent, or HK$500 (US$63.70), from HK$3,000 last year to...Fresh Hong Kong graduates are increasingly feeling the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) as they enter the workforce, human resources experts have said, after a survey found the gap between starting salaries for degree holders and sub-degree graduates had narrowed. The results of the latest annual survey by Baptist University showed the gap had narrowed by 17 per cent, or HK$500 (US$63.70), from HK$3,000 in 2025 to HK$2,500 this year. The experts urged the government to adjust its...
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Fri, 25 September 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post05:55first to report
Hong Kong’s health minister has rejected claims that authorities favour mainland Chinese nurses over local candidates, saying locally trained professionals have “very good chances” of finding work because public hospitals are struggling to recruit. Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau said on Friday that the Hospital Authority had hired 95 per cent of local applicants for nursing positions over the past year. The figure rose to 99 per cent among applicants with registered nurse qualifications....
Tue, 29 September 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post07:18
Less than 0.5 per cent of registered Hong Kong nurses received their training outside the city, while 99.8 per cent of those working in public hospitals are locally trained, health authorities have said amid a growing row with a trade union over employment concerns. The latest figures were released on Tuesday after the city’s health minister repeatedly rejected claims that authorities had favoured mainland Chinese nurses over local candidates. On Saturday, the Association of Hong Kong Nursing...
Thu, 1 October 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post06:58
Hong Kong’s health minister has warned that the city will need to “bear the consequences” of exaggerating concerns over the employment prospects of nurses, as such remarks could deter new blood from joining the profession. “I do not want recent comments, such as claims that ‘[nursing] graduation equals unemployment’, to dampen the interest of our younger generation in joining the nursing profession,” Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau said on Thursday. “Training nurses takes time, and [the...
Sun, 11 October 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post04:00
Admission scores for physiotherapy degree programmes at three Hong Kong tertiary institutions fell by as much as 10 per cent this year compared with 2025, amid gloomy career prospects in the sector, the latest data shows. The decline prompted the professional body for physiotherapists to call on the government to halt healthcare funding cuts in the next budget, saying they had contributed to a jobs crunch in the sector. Across four institutions, 23 per cent of students admitted to...
Thu, 22 October 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post09:48
Hong Kong workers received smaller pay rises this year as Guangdong’s wage growth picked up, with the starting salaries of university graduates edging closer to those of sub-degree holders, an annual survey has found. Findings from the 2026 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Pay and Benefits Survey, released by Hong Kong’s Baptist University on Thursday, showed that companies in Hong Kong and Macau slowed pay rises this year. The survey findings coincided with government data showing...
Fri, 23 October 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post00:30edited after publishing
Fresh Hong Kong graduates are increasingly feeling the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) as they enter the workforce, human resources experts have said, after a survey found the gap between starting salaries for degree holders and sub-degree graduates had narrowed. The results of the latest annual survey by Baptist University showed the gap had narrowed by 17 per cent, or HK$500 (US$63.70), from HK$3,000 in 2025 to HK$2,500 this year. The experts urged the government to adjust its...
Wed, 28 October 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post00:30
Fresh-graduate job postings in Hong Kong fell 22 per cent in the first nine months of this year from the same period in 2025, according to data from one of the city’s biggest job-search platforms, with an industry leader warning that advances in technology will deepen the decline. Its data also showed more graduates chasing fewer jobs: a typical listing for graduates drew 56 per cent more applications than a year earlier. Yet about 85 per cent of the 298 companies Jobsdb surveyed in August...