16 Sept 2025集誌社#7317
外勞檢討｜勞權監察研究：逾 2.9 萬外勞抵港 失業大軍增 3.26 萬人 已出現「擠出效應」
Since the government introduced the Enhanced Supplementary Labour Scheme and relaxed application requirements in September 2023, a study by the Hong Kong Labour Rights Monitor has found that more than 29,000 foreign workers have arrived in Hong Kong. Over the past two years, Hong Kong’s unemployment rate rose from 2.9% two years ago to 3.7% in May–July this year, with the number of unemployed people increasing by 32,600. The Labour Rights Monitor said industries that have imported more foreign workers correspond to those with more serious unemployment, including catering, retail and construction, indicating that a “crowding-out effect” has emerged, with foreign workers replacing jobs previously performed by local workers. It called for a public consultation to be relaunched after halting the expansion of the foreign labour importation scheme.
政府自 2023 年 9 月推行補充勞工優化計劃，放寬申請後，香港勞權監察的研究發現，至今有逾 2.9 萬外勞已抵港，這兩年間，香港的失業率，由兩年前的 2.9%，增至今年五至七月的 3.7%，失業大軍增 3.26 萬人。勞權監察分析，輸入外勞較多的行業，跟失業較嚴重的行業吻合，如飲食、零售及建造等行業，反映輸入外勞已出現「擠出效應」，取替了原本由本地工人從事的職位，呼籲停止擴大輸入外勞計劃後，重啟公眾諮詢。
10 Aug 2025獨媒#7148
多個勞工及長者團體批外勞「爭飯碗」 促設暫停機制
A new Policy Address will be announced in September, and public consultation is under way. Multiple groups concerned about labour rights and elderly care held a press conference on Saturday (August 9), putting forward various recommendations including universal retirement protection. A group representative said economic conditions were currently very poor, with many workers unemployed, and urged the establishment of a mechanism to suspend the importation of foreign labour.
The statutory minimum wage rose to HK$42.1 per hour on May 1. Lee Chi-yan of the Universal Retirement Protection Concern Group said the level remained too low to improve the quality of life of grassroots residents. She said Hong Kong was experiencing a wave of business closures, with many local workers unemployed, while foreign workers were competing for jobs. She urged the introduction of an unemployment assistance payment without means testing. Criticising the government for continuing to import foreign labour, she said: “What is the intention behind continuing to import foreign labour? Is it to improve Hong Kong or ruin Hong Kong?”
新一份《施政報告》將於9月公布，目前正進行公眾諮詢，多個關注勞工權益及長者安老團體周六（8月9日）舉行記者會，提出設立全民退休保障等多項建議。有團體代表提到，目前市道非常差，不少工友失業，促設暫停輸入外勞機制。
團體批外勞爭飯碗
今年5月1日法定最低工資水平提高至時薪42.1元，全民退保關注組李志恩指水平仍然過低，未能改善基層市民生活質素。她指本港有結業潮，不少本地勞工失業，加上外勞爭飯碗，促設免審查「失業援助金」。她批評政府續輸入外勞，「仲輸入外勞有咩居心？是搞好呢個香港定搞衰呢個香港呢？」
23 Aug 2024集誌社#3939
工資變「黑錢」？｜外勞護理員經找換店匯款遭凍結戶口 涉最少 16 人、近70萬元
“I came to Hong Kong to work after all that hardship, hoping to earn money to send back to the mainland, but people said the money was illegal.” Ah Lai, a migrant worker who has worked in Hong Kong for 13 years, said in tears that her hard-earned money had been frozen. The year before last, Ah Lai remitted more than HK$60,000 to the mainland through a money changer in Hong Kong. She was allegedly accused of involvement in money laundering, after which her account was frozen and the funds were seized by a mainland public security bureau. Ah Lai is not an isolated case. Other migrant workers who remitted money to the mainland through money changers were allegedly accused of involvement in fraud, resulting in all their bank accounts being frozen by public security authorities and affecting their social credit ratings. They were unable to open accounts for five years.
The Migrant Care Workers’ Rights Protection Mutual Aid Group received requests for assistance from at least 16 migrant workers between June and August this year. They said that when they remitted money to the mainland through money changers, the recipient accounts in the mainland were frozen after allegedly being linked to money laundering or fraud. The cases involved more than HK$670,000, with the largest single case involving HK$140,000. The money changers refused to provide compensation, leaving the victims without recourse. Hong Kong Customs said that from last year to July this year, it had received 613 requests for assistance involving remittances or bank accounts being frozen. It had contacted mainland law-enforcement agencies to explore how to effectively assist in such situations.
「我辛辛苦苦來港打工，要賺錢回大陸，但啲錢被人話唔合法。」來港工作十三年的外勞阿麗，哭訴血汗錢被凍結。阿麗前年在港經找換店匯款逾六萬元至內地，被指涉「洗黑錢」，戶口隨即被凍結，款項更被內地公安局扣走。阿麗非單一個案，另有外勞經找換店匯款至內地被指涉「詐騙」，致所有銀行戶口被公安凍結，更影響社會信用評分，五年內沒法開戶。
外勞護理員權益保障互助組（下稱互助組）在今年 6 至 8月，接獲至少 16 名外勞求助，指經找換店匯款至內地時，內地收款戶口被指涉「洗黑錢」或「詐騙」被凍結，涉款逾 67 萬，單宗個案最高金額為 14 萬；而找換店拒絕賠償，受害人求助無門。香港海關回覆指由去年至今年 7 月，共接獲 613 宗涉匯款或銀行戶口遭凍結求助，曾與內地執法機構聯繫，探討如何有效協助有關情況。
16 Apr 2024獨媒#3359
逾百紮鐵工失業批被搶飯碗 工人稱寧做外勞「仲生活得好過我宜家」
The Government has allowed the construction industry to import 12,000 foreign workers since July last year. Now in the fourth round of applications, 49 public works contracts have been approved, involving the importation of 7,107 workers; steel fixers account for about one tenth, or approximately 712 workers. However, many steel fixers have recently had insufficient work or even become unemployed. More than 100 workers sought jobs at a construction industry recruitment day yesterday, while other workers sought employment at the Labour Department today. Several workers questioned whether foreign workers had taken their jobs. One worker said that, with no work available, he had to work part-time delivering food, and lamented: “I’d rather be a foreign worker—I’d be living better than I am now, as a Hong Kong person born and raised here.”
政府去年7月起開放建造業輸入12,000個外勞名額，至今踏入第四輪申請，已批出49份公營工程合約，共輸入7,107人，其中紮鐵工佔一成約712人。然而，近日有大批紮鐵工人開工不足，甚至失業。昨日過百名工人在建造業招聘日上求職，今日再有工人勞工處求職。多名工人質疑被外勞搶飯碗，有工人指沒工開，要兼職送外賣，慨嘆：「我寧願做一個外勞，仲生活得好過我宜家，一個土生土長嘅香港人。」
20 Jun 2023獨媒#7831
勞顧會與政府開會 僱員代表不滿政府態度而中途離場抗議
The Government announced a relaxation of the Supplementary Labour Scheme, including allowing workers to be imported for 26 low-skilled occupations. The establishment-backed Labour Advisory Board was consulted by the Government only yesterday. After a meeting lasting less than three hours, six employee representatives walked out in protest over the Government’s attitude. One of the employee representatives, Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions deputy secretary-general Wai Kong Lam, was repeatedly pressed by the host on a Commercial Radio programme this morning on what position the employee side of the Labour Advisory Board would take if the Government’s attitude remained unchanged. Wai Kong Lam acknowledged that there were not many options, particularly as expressing views did not necessarily mean holding a march or rally. He also said other options included convening a “martial arts gathering” to allow workers to express their positions.
政府宣布放寬補充勞工計劃，其中容許26個低技術工種輸入勞工。屬建制背景的「勞工顧問委員會」昨日方被政府諮詢，碰頭不足3小時，6名僱員代表不滿政府態度而中途離場抗議。僱員代表之一、工聯會副理事長林偉江今早在商台節目被主持人連番追問，若政府態度依舊，勞顧會的勞方將採取什麼態度。林偉江承認選項不多，尤其「唔係一定要遊行集會」表達意見，他又指其他選項包括召開「武林大會」，讓工友發表立場。
18 Apr 2023獨媒#6328
海上業界倡輸入大灣區外勞 易志明：唔等於唔加價
The business sector has successively campaigned for the importation of workers of various kinds. Yesterday, Legislative Council member for the Shipping and Transport constituency Frankie Yick of the Liberal Party held a press conference with representatives of the maritime sector, urging the government to import workers to address the urgent shortage. Yick said the average age of employees in the industry had reached 60, while an industry representative said the vacancy rate was 30 per cent and called on the government to recruit young people from the Greater Bay Area to work in Hong Kong. Representatives of New World First Ferry and Hong Kong and Kowloon Ferry, both of which have applied for substantial fare increases, attended the press conference. When an InMedia reporter raised the issue, Yick declined to respond, saying the press conference was not about fare increases, and added that importing workers did not mean fares would not rise.
商界接連為輸入各式各樣的外勞造勢。昨日自由黨立法會議員航運交通界易志明，與海上業界代表舉行記者會，促請政府輸入外勞「救急」。易志明表示行內員工的平均年齡已達60歲，有業界代表則指行內空缺率達三成，倡政府招攬大灣區青年來港入行。申請大幅加價的新渡輪及港九小輪皆有代表出席，《獨媒》記者問及相關問題時，易志明擋駕，稱記者會並非關於加價，又指引入外勞亦不等於不加價。
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