Hong Kong to slash over 10,000 civil service posts by mid-2027, minister vows

Hong Kong to slash over 10,000 civil service posts by mid-2027, minister vows

More than 10,000 posts in the Hong Kong government will be cut by the end of June 2027, with close to 60 per cent being junior roles and about 3 per cent at the senior level, a minister has vowed. Secretary for the Civil Service Ingrid Yeung Ho Poi-yan said on Monday the move was not “fattening the top but thinning the bottom” and was reasonable because the government workforce had far more frontline staff. Yeung was briefing legislators on her …