Colony construction firms scramble to find enough engineers to finish airport project

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Construction of a massive new airport in Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, is being delayed due to a lack of local engineering talent. As a result, several construction firms have already resorted to either hiring expatriates despite the inadequacy of their language skills or recalling staff assigned to overseas offices. Most observers attribute the 'brain drain' to the boom in construction projects in mainland China and the coming handover of the colony to China in 1997. Others, however, argue that the supply of engineers remains stable and that it is the demand which has sharply risen.

Industrial Nonbuilding Structure Construction, Employment Placement Agencies, Airports Construction, Help supply services, Engineering & Technical Temporaries, Analysis, Supply and demand, Design and construction, Labor market, Airports, Engineers, Airport construction, Temporary technical employees

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Rising unemployment forces older workers in Hong Kong to retrain; most find it painful

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More unemployed Chinese workers are bidding to reenter the labor force by acquiring the necessary office and other skills. However, they have been hard-pressed by limited financial resources, middle age and subpar education. Many of these retrainees have been accustomed to working in factories, so they have to endure the hardship of adopting to a new way of life and a new set of attitudes. Their difficulties mirror Hong Kong's struggle to keep pace with an economy shifting from a manufacturing to a service base.

Economic aspects, Employment, Labor supply, Labor force

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