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9 September, 2024
Han Academy in Wong Chuk Hang. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s Han Academy says teacher salaries in jeopardy in appeal for aid

Founding supervisor says school has run out of money in letter seeking help on social media.

China’s Communist Party

Chinese county grapples with how to reward workers for difficult, low-level jobs

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India

Zomato stirs debate in India over no-salary senior role with application fee

Cathay Pacific

Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific to raise staff salaries by 3.8% on average in 2025

Flight attendants’ union had asked for a rise of 4.5 per cent while bosses had significant pay bump in recent years.

Cathay Pacific will raise staff salaries by 3.8 per cent on average in 2025. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong unions seek 5.5% pay rise in 2025 as survey shows workers cut expenses

‘Workers have said that the average salary increase of 4.5 per cent this year will help them a little, but it is not enough to handle their actual expenses,’ federation vice-chairwoman says.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong tops Greater Bay Area in fresh graduate salaries with 9.3% rise

City’s fresh graduates commanded average of HK$19,806 this year, outperforming peers in Macau and Guangdong province.

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong builder Paul Y accused of failing to pay HK$62 million in wages, costs

Construction union says it is helping about 60 workers over wage arrears dispute, with some labourers staging protest at project site.

About 30 workers staged a protest at the site of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology project, displaying a banner that read: “unpaid toil and sweat”. Photo: HKCIEGU
Foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong

Opinion | Hong Kong’s underpaid foreign domestic workers deserve a living wage

Beyond survival, a fair wage would keep them away from unscrupulous money lenders and make Hong Kong more attractive to skilled workers.

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Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong employees receive smallest pay rise since 2022 at 3.2%: poll

Greater Bay Area logs 4.8 per cent increase, but human resources firm says it is ‘cautiously optimistic’ about city’s pay packages in 2025.

Hong Kong workers/labour rights

Hong Kong must halt or review scheme to bring in workers, unions say

Trade unions in transport, retail and aviation sectors say scheme is affecting local workforce.

The government launched the scheme last year to import workers for jobs in the construction, transport and aviation industries. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong economy

Jobs and housing main worries for Hong Kong’s needy, annual survey finds

Annual rating on the government’s overall performance has declined for a second consecutive year.

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Ho Mei-ying, 42, and her family live in a subdivided flat of less than 100 sq ft. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong workers/labour rights

Migrant workers to return to Hong Kong site after pay dispute resolved

Workers had staged protest and complained management company had charged them exorbitant intermediary fees and other costs.

China economy

My Take | Grow wages, not night markets: how China can lift consumer spending

As lay-offs and salary cuts have shaken industries from finance to manufacturing, the government should find ways to boost household wealth.

Indonesia

Indonesia’s middle-class struggle could hurt economy, trigger unrest: experts

Economists say reduced number of middle class could affect aim of reaching developed-nation status, call for policies to support segment.

Buildings in the central business district of Jakarta. Middle-class and aspiring middle-class groups now make up 66.35 per cent of the population, or 185.35 million people, Indonesia’s statistics agency has said. Photo: Bloomberg
Hong Kong economy

Hongkongers are in for a letdown in 2025 as big pay raises fade amid slump: study

The average worker can expect a pay hike of 4 per cent next year, while data science and business intelligence professionals could see a raise of up to 8.3 per cent, WTW study says.

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Hong Kong firms have seen their salary budgets shrink as voluntary staff exit remains high in the city, compared with other Asian markets. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
South Korea

Why will Filipino helpers earn more in South Korea than Hong Kong, Singapore?

Foreign domestic workers will enjoy high wages under a government pilot project – raising affordability concerns among Korean families seeking care.

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Hong Kong workers/labour rights

Most Hong Kong workers against city importing more foreign labour, survey finds

Federation of Trade Unions survey also finds 29 per cent of workers reported that their pay had fallen compared with last year.

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China jobs

China’s countryside calls to city-dwellers, and rural life never looked so good

With stability waning in China’s contentious job market, the lure of long-term jobs in rustic regions hearkens back to Mao Zedong’s Down to the Countryside Movement.

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Illustration: Henry Wong
Education in Hong Kong

Average salary for Hong Kong graduates up in 2023, but lowest increase since 2021

Average annual salary for all new graduates hit HK$314,000 last year, a 3.6 per cent jump on 2022, but HKU leads the pack with HK$385,000.

Banking & finance

Here’s why Hong Kong’s Gen Z, millennial staff are quick to quit jobs

Over 40 per cent of workers from these two generations often think about leaving their job, but 80 per cent believe financial preparedness would help them cope better, survey shows.

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Britain

UK faces stark choice as public service pay hikes loom

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has warned of the possibility of a return to strikes and a shortage of nurses and teachers.

Junior doctors picket outside Guys and St Thomas Hospital in London, Britain, in June, during a strike in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions. Photo: EPA-EFE
China's economic recovery

No more keeping up with the Joneses: ‘poor man’s meal’ on the rise in China

An ongoing trend of consumer spending cutbacks in China has intensified amid an economic downturn, drawing comparison with Japan’s ‘lost decade’.

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Illustration: Brian Wang
Banking & finance

Chinese finance firms ask Hong Kong staff to return part of their bonuses

Some of China’s largest state-backed financial firms are asking employees in Hong Kong to return a portion of their pay, extending President Xi Jinping’s ‘common prosperity’ campaign to the offshore business hub.

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China jobs

More than half of China’s top companies downsized last year. What now?

A Post review of 23 annual reports from leading Chinese firms found that more than half downsized last year, while others slashed staff-related expenses.

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China jobs

China sees changing of career guard as AI beats out finance in pay pyramid

China’s drive for self-sufficiency in tech, combined with the global popularity of AI applications, has led to jobs in the field topping finance for pay as the job market shifts to match demand.

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AI applications across industries have driven demand for new hires, with China’s AI sector reporting the highest monthly salaries in a new survey. Photo: Xinhua
China jobs

China’s elder millennials quest afar, seeking ‘curse of 35’ cure

Youthful vigour is like a +5 character perk in the Chinese workforce, but veteran industry players who know their profession inside and out are the ones companies want to send abroad.

Job recruiters are relatively less interested in workers over the age of 35 in China. But this can work to other countries’ advantage. Photo: Bloomberg
Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong’s top decision-making body approves 3% pay rise for all civil servants

Chief Executive-in-Council has endorsed the increase for all government workers.

Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong civil servants to get 3% pay rise, below survey advice level

Secretary for the Civil Service Ingrid Yeung says ‘balanced decision’ on civil service pay rise made amid budgetary restraints and need for ‘financial prudence’.

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