Hong Kongs Economy Development

Hong Kongs Economy DevelopmentHong Kong Economy1. IntroductionThe development of a knowledge-based providence is a global trend. By 2003, Hong Kong was following this direction to transform into a knowledge-based economy. During this economic restructuring, Hong Kong was suffering from structural unemployment, borderline labour and mismatches of jobs.2. The importance for HK to develop its benignant capitalAccording to populations statistic, the median age of the labour force increased from 34 in 1991 to 37 in 2001 due to aging of the overall population and delayed entry into the labour force as a result of increased postsecondary educational opportunities. Unlike, increases in gross domestic crop (GDP), increases in the quality of mankind capital show the extent to which development has reached the population. Investment in education that caters to the immediate commands of patience both external and domestic is essential. The educational system should also maintain the lon g-term goal of self-reliance and promoting programmes that create thinkers, innovator and entrepreneurs.Beca expenditure of Hong Kongs neighbours such as Singapore has already owned a completely human capital strategy for rising in competitiveness. So Hong Kong lacks to optimize the economic structure and labour pool. Obviously, Hong Kong need invest to human capital to reinforce the strengths of its four main economic pillars finance, logistics, tourism and manufacturing work. The accumulation of human capital is an important contributor to economic growth. Although human capital takes at least eight years to mature and requires constant harbor, its returns are fundamental for improvement. Investment in human capital has proven self-made in many developing nations. The attainment of education can contribute significantly to the generation of overall output in economy. The general finding is that more(prenominal) educated individuals tend to have higher employment rate and ear nings and produce more output relative to those who are less educated. Moreover, education is deemed as an investment that en adapteds individuals to be equipped with knowledge and skills that improve their employability and productive capacity.3. The role of GovernmentThe role of the government should be establishing the enabling environment and that of the public and undercover sectors as active partners in the provision of the economic services. Collaboration betwixt public and clannish sectors in the productive economy is an area where the optimal intent of public and insular sector resources can create added value for a society as a whole.4. Best work together with Private and creation sectorsThe government should coordinate between the public and private sectors and give them some beneficial policy or regulation for their collaboration. Ideally, the collaboration between them should prefer use a project base. Moreover, the project should have a strong political commitmen t, open mindedness, clear responsibilities and the correct apportionment of risk for them. As a result, the private sector should cover the main commercial risks, including project completion risk, operating cost and market demand. However, the private sector whitethorn not be able to absorb the full market risk when it is not given direct access to the market. In these cases, long-term take or pay contracts with government may be required. Another partnership, a fine balance must be struck by the public sector between easing risk perceptions of private sector partners and maintaining sufficient incentives for the efficient private sector management of projects.5. Hong Kong needs Managerial and Professional peopleDuring economic restructuring, the proportion of professionals, associate professionals, managers and administrators in the work population increased from 3 .7%, 10.5% And 9.4% respectively in 1991 to 5.9%, 16.2% and 11 .4% respectively in 2001. It represent that Hong Kong focus on develop its four economic pillars. Therefore, Hong Kong need many high-level people with managerial experiences in the fields of finance, tourism and logistic and manufacturing. Moreover, Hong Kong will also need professional to develop the high value-add industry such as software development and innovative multi-media. HK government also has the admission scheme to utilize the foreign talents and mainlands professionals.6. The advantages and disadvantages of the entranceway of Talents Scheme and the admission price of Mainland Professionals SchemeThe Advantage of two schemesAttract talents from outside Hong Kong with expertise and skills not readily available locally, who could enhance the competitiveness of the territorys economy as manufacturing or services centre, particularly in technology-based, knowledge intensive or high-value-added activities.Different countrys talent come to Hong Kong, it can shambling the Hong Kong has an international image.The disadvantage of two schemesIf the government is wrong to evaluate the application and approve the talent or professional for admission into HK, it may affect the local job vacancy.The disadvantage of the Admission of Mainland Professionals SchemeUnlike talent schemes, the existing policy on entry of Mainland professionals was so restrictive that less than 600 Mainlanders were admitted under the Admission of Mainland Professionals Scheme in the recent two years.7. Hong Kong Long-Term indemnityThe following policies could be used to improve the quality of skills in the Hong Kongs economy for long-term7.1 Education and Manpower PolicyThe HK government should celebrate to pursue extensive programmes to upgrade the educational attainment of population at all levels. At the same time, it also will win and facilitate skills upgrading and life-long education. Especially, the low-level workers will need these programmes to enhance their skills to meet the changing demands of the economy. Consequentl y, HK government will adopt a strategic, responsive and coordinated approach to work force planning and development.7.2 Admission of Mainland Professionals and TalentThe HK government should provide more flexibility and incentives to tertiary institutions to attract academics and students from the Mainland and overseas. Also, it may continue to improve arrangements for Mainland businessmen to visit Hong Kong for business-related purposes. To metre up efforts to encourage Hong Kong people being educated overseas to return to live and work here.7.3 Training and Other Needs of New ArrivalsThe HK Government should continue to provide and develop appropriate programmes to divvy up the training needs of new arrivals of different age-groups and foster closer partnership between the Government and Non-governmental Organizations to identify and address the needs of new arrivals in HK. This helps to enhance the employment skills of new arrivals.7.4 Investment ImmigrantsThe HK government sho uld extend the existing immigration policy to cater for persons who will make substantial investment (HK$6.5 million) in Hong Kong but do not themselves run a business i.e. capital investment entrants and to apply this extended policy ab initio to foreign nationals, residents of Macao SAR and Taiwan.7.5 Policies Impacting on ChildbirthThe HK government should continue with current family planning programmes emphasizing healthy, Planned Parenthood. On the other hand, HK government also should encourage the citizens to live with child and consider to granting the same level of tax deduction for all children irrespective of number.7.6 Elderly PolicyThe HK government should revisit and redefine the notion of retreat and old age and continue to develop programmes that promote active and healthy aging. As a result, it may develop a sustainable financial support system for the needy elderly.7.7 Mobility of populationThe HK government should have some policies to enhance mobility of peopl e, portability in welfare, education and housing entitlements should be introduced. Cross-border taxation should also be studied.7.8 Portability of BenefitsFor long-acting term, the HK government should address the issue of portability of public benefits taking into account the pace of economic integration with the Pearl River Delta (PRD) and examine in detail the cost implications of takeout benefits on the Government fiscal position and the local economy.7.9 Reorganization of mainland universitiesThe HK Government should recognize the qualification from the mainland universities. The mutual recognition of professional and academic qualification between Hong Kong and the PRD needs to be speeded up. More generally, standards between Hong Kong and the PRD should be harmonized through a benchmarking process.8. ConclusionAs Hong Kong developing into an innovative and knowledge-based society, Hong Kong was suffering from structural unemployment, marginal labour. Therefore, the HK gove rnment should have a series of population policies to improve Hong Kongs soft and hard infrastructure to meet the challenges of a knowledge-based economy. Moreover, this population policy will be designed to fit Hong Kongs long-term social and economic development, complement family requirements and address the interests of different sectors.