China News Agency, Hong Kong, March 5th. The Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Chen Maobo, published a blog on the 5th, pointing out that in order to accelerate the development of Hong Kong's economy, while fully attracting talents, the Special Administrative Region Government also attaches great importance to the cultivation of local talents in Hong Kong.
In the future, we will continue to promote the development of Hong Kong's cultural and creative industries, strengthen the local talent pool for the construction of the "Eight Centers" in Hong Kong, and provide the necessary human resources for the development of Hong Kong.
Chen Maobo said that the SAR government has been continuously increasing the resources invested in vocational education. For example, in the new budget, it launched a two-year pilot program, starting from the 2023/2024 school year for secondary school students to study simultaneously under the framework of the HKDSE Vocational education-related courses, and after completing the courses, you can obtain a HKDSE certificate and a third-level diploma in vocational education at the same time.
Chen Maobo pointed out that the budget will inject another 500 million yuan (HK dollars, the same below) into the "Creative Smart Initiative" launched in 2009 to encourage more cross-sector and cross-field creative and cultural cooperation projects, and support Hong Kong Local TV stations and mainland or Asian teams jointly produce variety TV programs to enhance the influence of Hong Kong pop culture.
He mentioned that in the budgets of the past few years, different cultural and art groups have been allocated funds to conduct exchanges in mainland cities in the Greater Bay Area and other overseas places. He hopes that there will be more cross-sector and cross-regional exchanges and cooperation for the industry. Create more opportunities.
Chen Maobo added that in addition to the part related to culture and creativity, the budget will also allocate resources to provide more internships and training for young people and practitioners in industries such as finance, shipping, air transport and logistics, innovative technology and construction Chance.
For example, 200 million yuan will be injected into the "Maritime and Air Transport Talent Training Fund" to strengthen talent training in the logistics industry and promote the high-quality development of the industry, and launch the "Financial Technology Internship Program for Post-secondary Students" to allow students to develop financial technology skills earlier. interest etc.
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