The Financial Secretary, Mr. John Tsang, in his Budget today highlighted for the first time the potential structural deficit. He also proposed a series of initiatives to strengthen Hong Kong’s competitiveness in several sectors. BPA endorses the Budget for being pragmatic and forward-looking, which will eventually enhance our competitiveness. The Budget aligns with BPA’s theme of the year – ‘Creativity and Upward Mobility-Brightening Hong Kong’s Future.’
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Mr Kevin Lau, former Chief Editor of Mingpao, was brutally attacked and severely injured this morning. The Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA) expressed its outrage at the attack and strongly condemned the violence. Such violent act should not be tolerated in Hong Kong, a society respecting rule-of-law. BPA calls for the greater effort from the Government and the Police Force to handle the case and apprehend the guilty soon for the sake of justice.
It has been reported that according to the Survey on Opinions of Employers on Major Aspects of Performance of Sub-degree Graduates in Year 2010 released recently by the Education Bureau, the score for the overall performance of those graduates as assessed by employers has hit a record low among the same surveys over the past decade. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council…
Some members of the construction industry have pointed out that the Construction Industry Council (CIC) received an annual income of several hundred million dollars, including levies and government funding, in each of the past few years, but the programmes offered by CIC only train students to become semi-skilled workers, without training up a sufficient number of semi-skilled workers for the job types with keen manpower demand.