Labour Commissioner Encourages Employment for Middle-aged and Elderly at Job Fair in Mong Kok

2025-11-13 17:20 Last Updated At：18:03

Commissioner for Labour visits job fair for elderly and middle-aged persons

The Commissioner for Labour, Mr Sam Hui, visited the New Career Start Job Fair for the Middle-aged and Elderly organised by the Labour Department (LD) this afternoon (November 13) to encourage job seekers and employers to use the LD's services to promote employment of elderly and middle-aged persons.

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Commissioner for Labour visits job fair for elderly and middle-aged persons Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

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Mr Hui said that the LD has been committed to providing diversified and free employment and recruitment services for job seekers and employers. The LD's job centres provide dedicated services for elderly and middle-aged persons, including priority job referrals and employment briefings. The LD has set up the Dedicated Webpage for Elderly Job Seekers on the Interactive Employment Service website to enable elderly and middle-aged persons to obtain the latest employment information and search for suitable vacancies. To further promote silver employment, the LD organised 63 large-scale or district-based thematic job fairs suitable for elderly and middle-aged persons during January to October this year, doubling the number of fairs organised last year.

Mr Hui encouraged job seekers and employers to participate in the LD's schemes to promote employment of elderly and middle-aged persons. Among these schemes, the Re-employment Allowance Pilot Scheme encourages persons aged 40 or above to rejoin the labour market and provides them with a re-employment allowance. In addition, the Employment Programme for the Elderly and Middle-aged offers an on-the-job training allowance to employers to encourage them to hire persons aged 40 or above and provide on-the-job training.

Mr Hui also appealed to job seekers who are eligible voters to cast their votes in the 2025 Legislative Council General Election to elect capable and pragmatic Legislative Council Members who will contribute to Hong Kong's development and workers' well-being. He also called on employers in all sectors to provide facilitation to enable employees to exercise their voting rights and fulfil their civic responsibilities.

The New Career Start Job Fair for the Middle-aged and Elderly is being held November 13 and 14 at 1/F, MacPherson Stadium, 38 Nelson Street, Mong Kok. Admission is free. Over 60 organisations are participating in the job fair, offering more than 2 800 high-quality job vacancies from various industries including food and beverage, retail and property management.

Secretary Sun Confident in Smooth Launch of $2 Flat Rate Transport Discount for Elderly

Remarks by SLW at media session (with photos/video)

The Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Chris Sun, met the media today (April 3), after observing the implementation of the "$2 flat rate or 80 per cent discount" on the first day at Tiu Keng Leng Station Public Transport Interchange. Following are Mr Sun's remarks at the media session:

Reporter: How do you evaluate the first-day roll-out of the scheme, and how do you address the fact that some elderly are not comprehensively understanding the whole implementation?

Secretary for Labour and Welfare: Today, 3rd of April, is the date when the "$2 flat rate or 80 per cent discount" is officially launched. For minibuses and for buses, the launch time was midnight today. For the MTR, it started from its first train which departed the terminal at 5.30am this morning.

So far, based on our territory-wide promotion, and also my own personal contact with the elderly through my visit to Wong Tai Sin including a public market and a restaurant, most of them are familiar with the operation of the "$2 flat rate or 80 per cent discount". They know the operation is very straightforward, for any fare that is at $10 or below, they still just need to pay $2. For fare that is over $10, the elderly just bare 20 per cent of the cost, and the rest of the fare will be borne by the Government. I gave them an example, for a bus fare that charges an adult for $15, the elderly people with JoyYou card would only have to pay $3, i.e. 20 per cent of the fare.

So, apart from today, we are also going to step up our promotion through television, radio and posters which have been posted all around Hong Kong. Also, as you can see, in 75 spots in Hong Kong, we are stationing the ambassadors for a total of three weeks. They are in the spots to help answer questions about the "$2 flat rate or 80 per cent discount". Apart from that, we have had the support of district councillors, Care Team members, and also staff of our welfare NGOs (non-governmental organisations). They are using their own ways to explain the operation of the "$2 flat rate or 80 per cent discount". We are pretty confident that the scheme is now being launched smoothly, and for those who will be using the new arrangement, they know about the operation.

Thank you very much.

(Please also refer to the Chinese portion of the remarks.)

Labour Commissioner Encourages Employment for Middle-aged and Elderly at Job Fair in Mong Kok

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