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More than 40 per cent of workplace deaths occurred in the construction sector. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong

Heavier penalties urged as on-the-job deaths in Hong Kong rise 55% to 118

Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims urges criminal prosecution for manslaughter to send out more effective warning.

Food and Drinks

Need restaurant staff? Shift Happens is here to help

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Students, workers, domestic helpers hit by Hong Kong fire get HK$20,000 payout

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Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Portraits of courage: helpers who stayed with their wards during Hong Kong fire

More than 200 domestic helpers worked in Wang Fuk Court, with nearly 80 missing and many more displaced along with employers.

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Domestic helpers have lost friends and been displaced along with their employers. Photo: Eugene Lee
Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong authorities launch probe into fatal industrial accident at sewage plant

Worker was operating concrete core drilling machine when his clothing became caught and strangled him.

Accidents and personal safety

Worker, 49, dies hours after collapsing at Hong Kong sewage treatment plant

Man was installing electric equipment in basement when colleagues found that he had collapsed.

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Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong construction, catering sectors pessimistic despite dip in unemployment

Sector representatives say lack of private projects and low pay cloud outlook for respective industries.

The unemployment rate for the construction sector fell by 0.2 percentage points from the 7.2 per cent recorded in the previous three-month period. Photo: Jelly Tse
Foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong

No place to call home: plight of Hong Kong’s pregnant domestic helpers

Support groups say helpers who become pregnant often face losing their jobs, separation from babies.

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Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong suspends contractor after worker falls from scaffolding and dies

Worker, 47, reportedly plunged from bamboo scaffolding nine storeys high at construction site in Sau Mau Ping.

Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong suspends firm from using chainsaws after fatal workplace incident

Authorities investigating case of worker, 63, suspected to have died after injuring his leg with chainsaw near monastery.

The worker, surnamed Lai, was found unconscious near the Tsing Shan Monastery Path in Tuen Mun on Wednesday. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Hong Kong must ensure labour import scheme does its job

Policymakers should make sure the scheme addresses the worker shortage in certain industries while also preventing abuse and keeping options open for local talent.

Workers fix scaffolding adjacent to a building in Causeway Bay as people eat at a restaurant, on April 1. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong economy

37,000 workers imported into Hong Kong since start of labour scheme in 2023

Labour and Welfare Bureau reveals latest figures as construction union announces wage freeze for 15 of 16 major trades in the industry.

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Hong Kong society

No evidence talent abused schemes to give birth in Hong Kong: labour chief

Chris Sun urges people to treat newly arrived talent with respect, as they have gone through stringent vetting procedures.

Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong’s Citybus raises staff salaries by 2.5%, matches rival KMB

Frontline staff, including bus drivers and non-supervisory employees, will get minimum increase of HK$600, firm says.

Citybus drivers will get a pay rise of 2.5 per cent. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Domestic helper pay rates show balance emerging in Hong Kong market

Employer requirements for skills and experience are increasingly finding a match with helper demands for better pay and conditions.

A group of domestic helpers dance in Central on July 27. Photo: Sun Yeung
Hong Kong economy

Domestic helpers’ average wage rises 7.9% to HK$5,722 in 2025: Hong Kong survey

Employers willing to offer higher wages for helpers with Hong Kong experience, childcare or elderly care expertise, HelperChoice’s survey finds.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s tightened imported labour rules still vex local workers

The city faces a paradox where business leaders repeatedly sound the alarm over labour shortages, yet many locals are struggling to find jobs.

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Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong increases domestic helpers’ monthly minimum wage by 2.2% to HK$5,100

Monthly minimum food allowance remains unchanged at HK$1,236, government says.

Foreign domestic helpers spend their day off in Central. Photo: Sun Yeung
Hong Kong weather

Hong Kong minister rejects call for law on work suspension during severe weather

Legislators say law would better protect workers, but labour chief Chris Sun stresses flexibility needed to ensure city can continue to function.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s John Lee rejects suspension mechanism idea for labour import scheme

City’s economic transformation is meant to help struggling firms, but locals must consider new employment opportunities in ‘period of choice’, he says.

Hong Kong economy

Halt labour imports for jobs in Hong Kong with high jobless rate, John Lee urged

Legislator and construction workers’ union suggest setting up mechanism that will apply to jobs beyond catering roles targeted in policy address.

Construction workers at a site in Mong Kok. The unemployment rate in Hong Kong’s construction industry has reached 7.2 per cent. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong to tighten labour import rules in catering sector, prioritise locals

New measures target the abuse of labour import scheme while improving delivery workers’ injury compensation.

The new measures will tighten restrictions on employers importing waiters and junior cooks under the Enhanced Supplementary Labour Scheme. Photo: Jelly Tse
John Lee policy address 2025

Hong Kong ‘to tighten controls on employers seeking to import labour’

Sources also say authorities will roll out more public works schemes to increase construction sector jobs, after a drop in private projects.

Swire Group

Hong Kong’s Swire Coca-Cola reinstates fired lorry driver after union strike

Union claims driver, who is a senior member, was unfairly dismissed, as media reports man allegedly knocked down woman in traffic accident.

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Accidents and personal safety

Worker, 26, dies after falling 7 floors at Hong Kong housing construction site

Man believed to be fastening screws when he fell at site on Castle Peak Road near Chau Tau in Lok Ma Chau.

The “Kwu Tung North Area 19” phase 1A and phase 1B site in the northern New Territories. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong court orders Foodpanda to pay HK$1.3 million to rider injured in storm

Delivery platform found liable by High Court for failing to protect employee from unnecessary risk of injury during No 8 typhoon signal.

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On-demand food delivery platform Foodpanda has been ordered to pay more than HK$1.3 million in compensation to a worker who injured himself during a tropical storm five years ago. Photo: Warton Li
Foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong

Charity urges live-in exemption for domestic helpers who give birth in Hong Kong

Pathfinders, which handles 16 pregnant helpers a month, say live-in rule can result in newborns being separated from mothers.

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Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong restaurant hit with ban for firing local staff after importing workers

Top One Dance Club & Chinese Cuisine in Tsim Sha Tsui banned for two years from importing workers.

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