Hong Kong’s civil service resignations have reached a scale not seen since the city’s handover to China in 1997.
The city’s Civil Service Bureau (CSB) recently disclosed that 10,487 civil service left their jobs in the year 2021-2022, of which, 3,743, resigned—double last year’s number, according to the Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP). Other reasons for departure included retirement, not renewing their contract, dismissal, and death.
Among those who resigned, 32 were administrative officers, which the report defines as “a prestigious government role where some go on to fill leading positions in bureaux or departments.”
Since Beijing imposed the sweeping National Security Law, Hong Kong has faced an exodus of educated workers on a scale not seen since the early 1990s, impacting the city’s many functions, especially its civil services….