Shop tour: Commissioner for Labour Cherry Tse visits a Kornhill department store to meet university graduate internship programme participants.

Commissioner for Labour Cherry Tse has encouraged university graduate internship programme participants to make good use of the training scheme formulated by participating companies, to foster their personal development and career prospects.

Mrs Tse today visited JUSCO department store in Kornhill for an experience-sharing session with university graduates engaged by the company as interns under the programme.

Thanking all participating companies for their support, she said investment in human capital is the key to business success and fostering the development of young people will yield promising results.

Programme progress

About 1,200 graduates have secured employment in Hong Kong under the programme and 200 have firmed up internships on the Mainland. The average monthly salary of local placements is $8,800. The highest offer is $22,000.

Mainland internship opportunities offered by members of the Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association are now open for another round of applications. The deadline for these Mainland positions is January 8.

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