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Hong Kong Labour Secretary Calls for Cross-Sector Efforts to Boost Youth Job Experience Amid AI Disruption
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Hong Kong Labour Secretary Calls for Cross-Sector Efforts to Boost Youth Job Experience Amid AI Disruption

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Hong Kong's Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han urged greater cross-sector collaboration to help young people gain real-world work experience as AI disrupts traditional career paths, stating that higher education alone is no longer sufficient for success and emphasizing the need for AI fluency, trade-specific skills, and soft skills like communication.

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Artificial intelligence is disrupting traditional career paths, prompting officials in Hong Kong and Singapore to emphasize the need for young people to gain practical job experience and adopt continuous learning to remain competitive in the evolving workforce.

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Hong Kong’s labour secretary has called for greater cross-sector efforts to help young people gain job experience amid disruption caused by artificial intelligence (AI), while Singapore’s trade minister has urged embracing a “continuous learning” mindset.

Speaking at the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s PBC (Philanthropy for Better Cities) Forum 2026 on Monday, the city’s Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han said that higher education alone was no longer enough to ensure career success in the age of AI.

“If you look at what’s going to make a success in a career, the task usually is that you invest in higher education,” Sun said. “It’s almost a guarantee as a passport to a good career.

“Right now, this is not a recipe for success any more.”

Sun added that success today required AI fluency, trade-specific professional skills, and soft skills such as communication and the ability to “win people over”.

While young people typically exhibited the highest AI fluency, they faced difficulty getting opportunities to be tested in real-world work environments, he said.

What to Watch

AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • Hong Kong will launch new cross-sector programs to increase youth job experience opportunities in response to AI-driven labor market changes.

    Likely · Within months

Open Questions

  • What specific cross-sector initiatives are being proposed to help youth gain job experience?
  • How will AI fluency be measured and developed among young workers?
  • What role will Singapore's trade minister play in promoting continuous learning?
  • Are there plans to partner with industries to create apprenticeship or internship programs?

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Topicslabour secretarychris sun yuk-hanartificial intelligenceyouth employmentjob experiencecontinuous learning
This article was originally published by SCMP Economy.

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