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Developing a workforce with global perspectives will help Hong Kong maintain its competitiveness and cosmopolitan character, according to the Deputy Secretary of Commerce, Industry and Technology of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government, Mr Raymond Young.
Speaking at the opening of a career video conference held simultaneously in Hong Kong, Vancouver and Toronto, Mr Young stressed that the expertise and knowledge of foreign-trained talents, including those trained in Canada, would give a new impetus to Hong Kong’s economic revival.
The cross-continent career video conference was held March 5. The event was organized by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Canada) (HKETO) and the Commerce, Industry and Technology Bureau of the HKSAR Government.
The Director of HKETO, Mr Bassanio So, who hosted the video conference in Toronto, said, “It is hoped that by organizing such events, we will encourage and attract Canadian-trained Hong Kong students to return to pursue their career in Hong Kong and bring the benefit of their international perspectives to the Hong Kong business community.”
Some 300 students attending University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, University of Western Ontario, York University, Ryerson University, Queen’s University, McMaster University, Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia and University of Victoria in Vancouver took part.
They received valuable information and advice on career opportunities in specific sectors in Hong Kong from Mr Johnson Kong, Partner of BDO McCabe Lo & Co, Mr George Leung, Chief Economics, Hongkong Bank Corporation, Mr Andy Wong, Assistant Product Manager, Projects, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd and Mr Ricky Long, Human Resources Director, Asia Pacific, Sybase Inc.
The video conference was also “live” webcasted by Radio Television Hong Kong’s RTHK On the Internet. Fairchild Radio in Toronto and Vancouver taped the event for broadcast the following week.
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