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People – Our Greatest Asset
Hong Kong has no natural assets apart from its
energetic people and one of the world’s finest deepwater harbours
Hong Kong has a flexible, well-educated, resilient and industrious
workforce of more than 3.64 million which, coupled with entrepreneurial
flair, maintains economic vibrancy, productivity and creativity.
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There is rarely industrial trouble in Hong Kong |
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Work ethic high |
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English remains lingua france of the business and legal community |
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Nine years of free compulsory education |
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42% of those aged 17-20 go on to education in tertiary institutions |
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More than one-third of Hong Kong's workforce are managerial, professional or administrative workers |
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Over the last 10 years, over 200,000 talent and professionals have been admitted to Hong Kong through a number of avenues open to them. |
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