Government Reappoints 10 Members, Appoints 10 New Members to Human Resources Planning Commission for 2025-2026 Term.

Appointments to Human Resources Planning Commission

The Government today (December 30) announced the reappointment of 10 incumbent non-official members and the appointment of 10 new non-official members to the Human Resources Planning Commission (HRPC) for a term of two years from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2026.

The Chief Secretary for Administration and Chairman of the HRPC, Mr Chan Kwok-ki, expressed his gratitude to all members of the current term for their efforts and contributions during their tenure. Their valuable advice on various issues have facilitated bureaux/departments in formulating and refining policies and measures.

Mr Chan said that Hong Kong's success owes much to its manpower, which provides impetus for the city's social and economic development. To promote the continued development of Hong Kong, the Government not only vigorously nurtures local talent to enhance the quality of the local workforce, but also widely entices outside talent in order to build a rich talent pool. He welcomed members of the new term who come from diverse professional backgrounds, and said that he looked forward to working with them on human resources planning, so as to continue enhancing and optimising Hong Kong's human resources to meet the needs of the city's future economic and social developments.

The HRPC was established in April 2018 to consolidate resources and efforts of the Government and various sectors to examine, review and co-ordinate policies and measures on human resources in a holistic manner. The HRPC also runs a one-stop online manpower information portal (www.talent.gov.hk) to consolidate human resources-related information and data from different sources, with a view to providing more comprehensive information for the local labour force and assisting them to make informed choices in respect of career, training and development pathways.

Below is the membership list of the HRPC with effect from January 1, 2025:

Chairman

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Chief Secretary for Administration

Non-official members

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Ms Chan Ka-yin

Mr Stephen Chan Man

Ms Cally Chan Shan-shan

Mr Kenneth Chan Yin

Miss Vicky Cheung Wai-kar

Professor Cheung Stephen Yan-leung

Professor Gillian Ann Choa

Mr Ivor Chow

Mr Eric Fok Kai-shan

Ms Mary Huen Wai-yi

Mr Lawrence Hung Yu-yun

Mr Andy Lui Ho-yin

Mr Luo Yong

Ms Shalini Mahtani

Dr Derrick Pang Yat-bond

Ms Anna Thompson

Professor Wang Yang

Ms Karmen Yeung Ka-yin

Mr Terry Yip Man-pan

Mr Zhao Lei

Ex-officio members

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Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development

Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs

Secretary for Education

Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury

Secretary for Health

Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry

Secretary for Labour and Welfare

Secretary for Security

Commissioner for Census and Statistics

Government Economist

Chairman, Employees Retraining Board

Chairman, Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications

Chairman, Vocational Training Council

Labour Department strengthens employment services and support for young people

The Labour Department (LD) announced today (January 2) the launch of the 2025 Greater Bay Area (GBA) Youth Employment Scheme, as well as enhancements to the GBA Youth Employment Scheme and the Youth Employment and Training Programme (YETP) starting from today to strengthen employment services and support for young people.

The Chief Executive in the 2024 Policy Address announced measures to strengthen employment services and support for young people, including, starting from this year, relaxing the eligibility requirements for GBA Youth Employment Scheme to allow young people aged 29 or below with sub-degree or higher qualifications to join the Scheme, while increasing the limit of the monthly allowance granted to enterprises to $12,000 for a period of up to 18 months. Moreover, the upper age limit for participants of the YETP is raised to 29 and workplace attachment opportunities in the GBA under the YETP will be introduced to assist young people to enhance employability and promote sustainable development.

In addition, the Government will launch the Arrangements for Mainland Youth to Work in Hong Kong under the GBA Youth Employment Scheme. Starting from this year, enterprises which have participated in the Scheme and employed Hong Kong young people to work in GBA Mainland cities may apply for the same number of Mainland young people to work in Hong Kong according to relevant requirements under the Arrangements.

The GBA Youth Employment Scheme encourages enterprises with businesses in both Hong Kong and Mainland cities of the GBA to hire Hong Kong young people to work in GBA Mainland cities to foster their career development and talent exchanges within the GBA. For details of the GBA Youth Employment Scheme, please visit thescheme website at www.jobs.gov.hk/gbayes or call the hotline at 2969 0446/2969 0460.

The YETP provides employment support services including pre-employment training, workplace attachment training, on-the-job salaried training, etc for young people with an educational attainment at the sub-degree level or below. For details of the YETP, please visit the programme website at www.yes.labour.gov.hk or call the hotline at 2112 9932.