China-Hong Kong
Conflict with China: Number of Hong Kong civil servants quitting govt reaches highest figures in 15 years
Hong Kong: In the past 15 years, Hong Kong is witnessing a major change as nearly 2,000 civil servants quit working for the government, media reports said on Sunday.
"That also accounted for about a fifth of those who left the service for various reasons in the past financial year," South China Morning Post reported.
The number choosing to leave has steadily been rising since 2006-07 when about 400 government workers – around 0.3 per cent – left. The number surpassed the 1,000 mark in 2015-16, or roughly 0.65 per cent, according to a paper prepared for legislators by the Civil Service Bureau which encompasses the past 15 years, the newspaper reported.
The figure for 2020-21 represented 1.05 per cent.
Hong Kong has been witnessing major challenges and conflict with China over numerous issues in recent times.
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
