A staff member who uses a facial mask works in a cafeteria in Hong Kong, China, February 19, 2021. [Photo / Xinhua] Hong Kong - Carrie Lam, Executive Director of the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong ( HSAR) Saturday said that the Government of Hncard will continue its commitment to create jobs, improve the protection of work well-being and by promoting the protection of workers' interests.
In a video speech on social networks that mark the day of international workers who fall on Saturday, Lam expressed the gratitude of it for the contribution of the labor sector to the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong.
As the Hong Kong labor market was under the tomb of pressure due to the dual stroke of the 2019 Social Upset and the Covid-19 pandemic. The Government of HKSAR has adopted a variety of measures to stabilize employment, including multiple rounds of anti-epidemic funds and more than 300 billion Hong Kong dollars ($ 38.62 billion) in economic relief packages, Lam said.
Lam said the government has worked to improve labor well-being. Re, pointing out that it has presented an invoice to the Legislative Council on the increase in the statutory vacation of workers from 12 to 17 days in the phases.
The Government is also working to improve compulsory property schemes and increase the penalty for violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Regulation.
Lam also said that currently, the control of the epidemic remains the main priority for the Government of Hncar, and urged the public to receive Vaccines COVID-19 at an early date in order to make the Social and economic activities of Hong Kong to return to normal as soon as possible.
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