Hongkong Post Scraps Permanent Contracts for New Staff Amid Financial Strain
Hong Kong’s postal administration will no longer offer permanent civil service contracts to new employees as part of cost-saving measures, citing a worsening financial outlook.
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Hongkong Post scraps permanent contracts for new staff amid financial strain
Hong Kong’s self-financing postal administration will stop offering permanent civil service contracts to new employees as part of cost-saving measures amid a worsening financial outlook. Postmaster General Leonia Tai Shuk-yiu said on Tuesday that new Hongkong Post employees who pass probation in or after September would be offered two-year contracts on civil service terms, as the organisation faces a decline in mail volume. “Therefore, we must carefully plan our human resources, making timely...
By Leopold Chen
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Hongkong Post has announced it will stop offering permanent civil service contracts to new staff in a bid to cut costs, as its chief has projected a continued decline in mail traffic. The embattled postal service will instead offer two-year contracts to new staff, including mail carriers and postal officers, whose probation periods are set […]
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