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HKU Graduates not affected by Financial Tsunami - HKU to announce the Employment Survey

15 Apr 2009

Centre of Development and Resources for Students, HKU, will hold a press conference on April 16, 2009 (Thursday) on the 2008 graduate's employment survey.  Despite the economic turmoil, HKU reaches the full employment rate for the third consecutive years.

Over 90% of interviewed graduates secured jobs offers by November 2008, reflects a buoyant employment market for fresh graduates in the first three quarters in 2008. Gross income also had an increase of near 10% over the previous year yet the choices of job offers seen a slight decline. Entering the year of 2009, there is a trend of downturn in number of job offers.

With the new government policy ‘Immigration Arrangement for Non-local Graduated (IANG)'implemented, 80% of mainland graduates chose to stay and work in Hong Kong.

Media are cordially invited to cover the press conference, details are:
Date:        April 16, 2009 (Thursday)
Time:        2:00pm
Venue:      Council Chamber, 8/F, Meng Wah Complex, HKU

For media enquiries, please contact Ms Trinni Choy, Assistant Director of External Relations (Tel:2859 2606/Mobile:9464 3431/E-mail:pychoy@hku.hk) or Ms Joanne Yung, Manager (Media), External Relations Office (Tel:2859 2600/E-mail:hkumedia@hku.hk)