{"id":619927,"date":"2026-09-18T11:34:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T11:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/619927\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T11:34:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T11:34:23","slug":"hong-kong-talent-schemes-could-add-1-2-to-gdp-annually-john-lee-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/619927\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong talent schemes could add 1.2% to GDP annually, John Lee says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Talent attracted to Hong Kong under various admission schemes could add about 1.2 per cent to the city\u2019s gross domestic product (GDP) each year, the city leader has said, adding that more than half of those reaching the three-year mark are willing to stay.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Executive <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/john-lee?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">John Lee Ka-chiu<\/a> said on Friday the government had attracted more than 300,000 people through its talent measures, with about 20 per cent from places outside mainland China.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThese talent will create an extra GDP of probably 1.2 per cent every year because they are very well qualified,\u201d Lee told a phone-in radio programme, days after delivering his policy address and unveiling the city\u2019s first five-year plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Talent attracted to Hong Kong under various admission schemes could add about 1.2 per cent to the city\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":619928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[114,32665,184,3153,3448,85,46,28770,8177,280322,43,6120,30213,14857,280326,280325,280323,280324],"class_list":["post-619927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-chief-executive","tag-economy","tag-gdp","tag-hong-kong","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-john-lee-ka-chiu","tag-mainland-china","tag-manpower-needs","tag-news","tag-policy-address","tag-population-decline","tag-scmp","tag-talent-admission-schemes","tag-talent-drive","tag-talent-list","tag-top-talent-pass-scheme"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}