Chief Secretary Carrie Lam chaired a Steering Committee on Population Policy meeting today, the last of the committee’s current term, to review its work over the past two years.
The committee had conducted a four-month public engagement exercise and identified five major strategic directions, including unleashing the workforce, improving skills mismatch, importing talent, creating a conducive environment for childrearing and promoting active ageing.
The Government is formulating policy measures according to these strategic directions which will be included in the population policy action agenda to be announced in the 2015 Policy Address.
The committee's current term of office expires on November 30. The next-term committee will comprise Government officials to monitor the implementation of initiatives and cross-departmental collaboration.
