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Hongkong Post scraps permanent contracts for new staff amid financial strain

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Hongkong Post scraps permanent contracts for new staff amid financial strain
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Hong Kong’s self-financed postal service will switch from offering new employees permanent civil service contracts to two-year agreements from September, amid plummeting mail volumes and a worsening financial outlook.
The announcement by Hongkong Post on Tuesday sparked concern among some civil servants that the measure could eventually spread across other departments.
Announcing the decision, Postmaster General Leonia Tai Shuk-yiu said: “We must carefully plan our human resources, making timely

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