China News Service, Hong Kong, July 13th. According to information documents published on the official website of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on the 13th, as of June 30, Hong Kong’s "Greater Bay Area Youth Employment Program" has provided 2,887 companies from 377 companies. Vacancies.
The Labour Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government estimates based on surveys that the overall number of job applications for the program should exceed 18,000.
On the same day, the website of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region published a document on the progress of the "Greater Bay Area Youth Employment Program".
This document was submitted by the Labour and Welfare Bureau, the Innovation and Technology Bureau and the Labour Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government.
According to the document, in order to assist graduates to work in cities in the Greater Bay Area as soon as possible, the SAR government has specially arranged for graduates to take special buses to collectively go to Shenzhen for centralized isolation. The first batch of graduates has departed on July 12.
The SAR government stated that vacancies under the "Greater Bay Area Youth Employment Program" are still being recruited.
After the enterprise successfully recruits relevant graduates and the graduates are employed, they can submit a preliminary application for allowances.
As of June 30, the secretariat of the program has received 350 preliminary applications for allowances.
In order to implement the "Greater Bay Area Youth Employment Plan", the SAR government has adopted a number of measures, such as the establishment of a "Greater Bay Area Youth Employment Plan" special website, through which eligible graduates can search for suitable job vacancies and apply for jobs.
The Labour Department of the Special Administrative Region Government has held three seminars since March this year, inviting guests familiar with the Mainland to have a dialogue with young people who are interested in the project and share their experience of working and living in the Mainland.
According to reports, in order to support the “Greater Bay Area Youth Employment Program”, the Guangdong Provincial Government announced that during the implementation of the program, if graduates participating in the program need support for life and emotions in the Mainland, they can seek help through the 12355 Hong Kong and Macau Youth Hotline in Guangdong Province. Obtain information and support on various aspects of employment and life in the Mainland.
Hong Kong’s "Greater Bay Area Youth Employment Program" was launched in 2021 to encourage companies that have operations in Hong Kong and cities in the Greater Bay Area to hire Hong Kong university graduates.
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