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This 6-page paper examines the role that the Hong Kong government plays in the country's human resources system. Topics covered include the turnover of the area to China in 1997 and the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997-1998, and how the Hong Kong government has responded to try to create a better trained, more educated work force.
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6 pages (~225 words per page)
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the economy of the Far East into a nose dive, experts were warning about the challenges facing Hong Kong and its human resources (Shelton and Adams, 1990). Part of the
reason for this was because the 1990s heralded some new technologies through the Internet. The other part of the reason for this was because no one could anticipate what the
result of Hong Kongs return to China would be. One thing was sure, however - the Hong Kong government was taking somewhat of a "hands-off" view about the countrys work
force. The challenge facing the government at that time (at least, according to one particular article) was to transform a hard-working, eager-to-learn
and fairly well educated workforce into one that could handle the new age of technology - and later on, globalization (Shelton and Adams, 1990). The article went on to say
that, although companies at the time were creating certain strategies to prevent "brain drain," i.e., to prevent valued employees from fleeing Hong Kong for better perceived opportunities elsewhere, ". .
. responsibility ultimately rests with government leaders in Beijing and Hong Kong, who must devise a way to bolster confidence that Hong Kongs unique position will not be jeopardized following
reunification with the Peoples Republic of China in 1997" (Shelton and Adams, 1990, 45). It is still uncertain whether the Hong
Kong government (and even Beijings government) has, indeed, stepped up to the task - although there is evidence in literature that the government at least is aware that something must
be done in order to meet the challenges of the 21st century; particularly as China is more and more being accepted as a viable trading partner and an open market.
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