Human Resources Office now under wing of Labour Affairs Bureau

The Human Resources Office (GRH) is now officially under the management of the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL), according to a dispatch by the Chief Executive published yesterday in the Official Gazette. The merger will take place on May 28, with DSAL taking on GRH functions in regard to processing company requests for hiring non-residents.
The number of DSAL personnel will subsequently undergo an increase, bringing its numbers up to 320 by adding 92 employees from GRH, as reported by Business Daily. No incremental changes are expected in regard to the financing of the two departments by the Financial Services Bureau and the current organisation of the DSAL will be maintained – with one director assisted by two deputy directors overseeing six departments and twelve divisions, while DSAL personnel from the four recently restructured divisions won’t see changes in their current positions, according to the dispatch.
“The fusion will allow [us] to access company information faster, optimising the human resources area and employment opportunities for resident workers,” DSAL director Wong Chi Hong stated last week, as reported by Business Daily.