Hope it will soon be the same here
So much talent that can be imported to help boost our economy
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July 29, 2009
HONG KONG - EMPLOYERS appear to increasingly prefer graduates from mainland China to local graduates as the former are more motivated and proficient in Mandarin, human resource experts said.
Ms Lancy Chui, general manager of Manpower Hong Kong and Macau, said that mainland graduates with a good command of Mandarin had a definite advantage now that companies in Hong Kong have more chance than ever to interact with mainland firms, the South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday.
'The language proficiency gap between (local and mainland students) is growing, as Putonghua is getting more popular,' she said.
In fact, the language factor has emerged second on a list of perceived deficiencies among Hong Kong graduates in a survey. First on the list was the work attitude factor.
Proficiency in Mandarin and English of Hong Kong university graduates was singled out as the main concern by 8.2 per cent of the 1,201 employers and members of the public interviewed in the latest survey.
This compared to 12.7 per cent who rated work attitude - defined as seriousness, enthusiasm, diligence, responsibility and motivation - as their main concern.
Conduct and honesty ranked third, as singled out by 7.1 per cent of those interviewed in the survey, which was conducted between late May and the middle of last month. Of least concern was computer proficiency, at just 0.1 per cent in the survey, the Post reported.
The survey was commissioned by the Education18.com website and conducted by the University of Hong Kong's public opinion programme.
Education18.com chief editor Joy Shi said that employers' requirements were rising as unemployment increased.
So much talent that can be imported to help boost our economy
Home > Breaking News > Asia > Story
July 29, 2009
HONG KONG - EMPLOYERS appear to increasingly prefer graduates from mainland China to local graduates as the former are more motivated and proficient in Mandarin, human resource experts said.
Ms Lancy Chui, general manager of Manpower Hong Kong and Macau, said that mainland graduates with a good command of Mandarin had a definite advantage now that companies in Hong Kong have more chance than ever to interact with mainland firms, the South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday.
'The language proficiency gap between (local and mainland students) is growing, as Putonghua is getting more popular,' she said.
In fact, the language factor has emerged second on a list of perceived deficiencies among Hong Kong graduates in a survey. First on the list was the work attitude factor.
Proficiency in Mandarin and English of Hong Kong university graduates was singled out as the main concern by 8.2 per cent of the 1,201 employers and members of the public interviewed in the latest survey.
This compared to 12.7 per cent who rated work attitude - defined as seriousness, enthusiasm, diligence, responsibility and motivation - as their main concern.
Conduct and honesty ranked third, as singled out by 7.1 per cent of those interviewed in the survey, which was conducted between late May and the middle of last month. Of least concern was computer proficiency, at just 0.1 per cent in the survey, the Post reported.
The survey was commissioned by the Education18.com website and conducted by the University of Hong Kong's public opinion programme.
Education18.com chief editor Joy Shi said that employers' requirements were rising as unemployment increased.
