“Everyone is for nothing”: Hong Kong workers complain of job losses to imported work

After forcing him to resign, Har Cheng* went to the Hong Kong Food booth where she worked for nearly two decades, just to discover that she was replaced by workers importing from China.

When you feel angry and badly, Cheng, 67, who helped wash dishes, clean tables and sell beer in the traditional Dai Pai Dong, said that her loyalty over the years was “for nothing.”

Cheng said.

Over the past six months, with Cheng and 200 other restaurant workers I mentioned that it is dismissed and replaced By the workers who came to the city through the import scheme, according to the employees of the Public Eating Corporation.

The Group of Syndicate and Human Rights, the Assembly of the Community Organization sparked concerns about the impact of the plan before the Workers’ Day on May 1, saying that they heard and received reports from local workers who were replaced by importing workers.

The government said in 2023 that the authorities would ensure that job seekers in the city have given priority at work. Photo: Jelly Tsi

To combat the city’s workforce deficiency, the government allowed in September 2023 to employers to bring in unskilled or low -skilled workers from the mainland for 26 types of new jobs, including waiters, novice chefs, hospitality and sales employees in providing food.

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