[Exclusive Interview] Labour Chief on Foreign Labor Quotas

Conducted in August 2025, this exclusive interview captures an exclusive dialogue with Chris Sun, the Secretary for Labour and Welfare, precisely ahead of the government's scheduled 2026 comprehensive review of the Enhanced Supplementary Labour Scheme. Tracking the influx of 30,000 imported workers over its two-year implementation, the narrative masterfully navigates the structural friction between corporate labor demands and grassroots trade union protections.

The session confronts critical policy debates, including the potential tightening of the 1:2 foreign-to-local worker ratio and the rigid adjustment of quotas based purely on mechanistic unemployment rates. By steering the Bureau Chief through controversial inquiries regarding the historic 35-hour weekly threshold for full-time employment and balancing conflicting cross-sector demands, this project demonstrates the complete technical and editorial depth required to independently execute high-stakes socio-political journalism.

補充勞工優化計劃推行近兩年，累計輸入3萬名外勞，政府明年上半年完成檢討。有工會提出收緊外勞與本地人「一比二」的比例、以同一工種計算比例而非以整間公司等。勞工及福利局局長孫玉菡接受《香港01》專訪時未有「落閘」，表示這是「要睇嘅課題」，檢討時會兼聽勞資雙方意見。至於本地人每周工作35小時便視為全職僱員的界線能否提高，他認為沿用已久，水平合適。 Read more: https://bit.ly/45ChESz