The Chamber’s 160+ Internship Programme, launched on 13 July, will provide around 1,650 internship positions to undergraduates in the city to help young people gain valuable work experience and advance their career prospects.
The initiative is part of a series of activities to celebrate the Chamber’s 160th Anniversary this year. The original plan had been to create 160 internship positions, but the response from HKGCC members has been phenomenal, with 35 companies supporting the scheme.
“I’m delighted that the response from our members has far exceeded expectations, once again showing the commitment there is to support the next generation. Despite the operating difficulties created by Covid-19, Hong Kong businesses recognise the importance of investing in the future of Hong Kong’s most important asset, its human capital,” said HKGCC Chairman Peter Wong.
“The more the leaders of tomorrow broaden their horizons through exposure to new experiences, new cultures and new ways of doing business, the stronger they will be. Our internship programme, with its diversity of roles and sectors, offers a valuable opportunity to expand their horizons. Providing as broad a range of opportunities as possible to the next generation and keeping an active engagement with students remain priorities for the Chamber.”
HKGCC has been facilitating cooperation between students and the business sector for over two decades. The Business-School Partnership Programme, established in 2001, provides a platform for thousands of high school students to gain a deeper understanding of the commercial world. Meanwhile, the HKGCC Business Case Competition, now in its third year, allows university students to work with some of Hong Kong’s leading businesses to develop innovative and practical solutions for real-life business cases.
Recently, the Chamber also played a key role in the introduction of the GBA Youth Employment Scheme, which helps Hong Kong’s recent graduates to access the opportunities in the Mainland cities of the Greater Bay Area.
Chamber CEO George Leung said that the 160+ Internship Programme would help young people to gain valuable experience that will benefit them as they move into the world of work.
“I would like to thank all of the companies that have participated in our programme,” he said. “These internship opportunities will give the students concrete work experience and insights into the business world that will provide a valuable foundation for their future career development.”
Participating Companies
Angela Ho & Associates
ATAL Engineering
Bank of China (Hong Kong)
BillionGroup Technologies
British-American Tobacco Co (HK)
BTT Consulting
Business Environment Council
CACEIS Hong Kong Trust
Censpot Trading Corporation
Centurysoft International
Cheung Kong Group
Chevalier International Holdings
CLP Holdings
Ernst & Young
Google (Hong Kong)
Habib Bank Zurich (HK)
Kintetsu World Express (HK)
Leung & Puen CPA
Mercer (Hong Kong)
MTR Corporation
Optical Sensing
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation
PricewaterhouseCoopers
PROTREK Holdings (Hong Kong)
Rich Glory International Investment
SHL Hong Kong
Tai Fu Loy Investment
The Bank of Nova Scotia
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
The Jardine Engineering Corporation
Trinity Medical Centre
Tsangs Group Holdings
Turner & Townsend
Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd
HKGCC Secretariat