
Chief Executive John Lee announces plan to admit trained foreign carers under a model similar to the existing domestic helper regime
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee announced a pilot scheme to recruit trained foreign carers for the elderly, modeled after the city's current foreign domestic helper system, to address the challenges of an ageing population.
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Hong Kong is facing an ageing population, prompting the government to seek new labor solutions for elderly care.
Hong Kong will introduce a pilot scheme next year to bring in foreign domestic carers to look after older residents as part of a broader package of measures announced in the policy address to deal with an ageing population.
Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said in his address on Wednesday that the government would admit carers under a scheme modelled on the city’s existing foreign domestic helper regime.
“With reference to the existing regime for admitting foreign domestic helpers, the government will admit foreign domestic carers with more advanced training and experience in elderly care on a pilot basis,” he said.
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