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Other Details of Sector-specific Labour Importation Schemes

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (hereafter “HKSAR”) implements the Sector-specific Labour Importation Schemes (hereafter “Sector-specific Schemes”) to handle applications for importation of labour for specific sectors. Administered by the concerned bureaux/departments of the Government of the HKSAR or the concerned statutory organisations of the HKSAR with the specific sectors, the Sector-specific Schemes allow employers with genuine difficulties in recruiting suitable labour locally to import labour from outside the HKSAR.

At present, the specific sectors covered by the Sector-specific Schemes, the concerned bureaux/department/statutory organisations and the designated officers for approval of quota(s) are as follows:

Title of the scheme for specific sectors	Concerned bureau/department/ statutory organisation	Designated officer for approval of quota(s)
Labour Importation Scheme for the Construction Sector	Development Bureau	Permanent Secretary for Development (Works)
Labour Importation Scheme for the Transport Sector - Aviation Industry	Transport and Logistics Bureau and Airport Authority Hong Kong	Permanent Secretary for Transport and Logistics
Labour Importation Scheme for the Transport Sector - Public Light Bus/Coach Trade	Transport Department	Commissioner for Transport

Please contact the concerned bureaux/departments/statutory organisations or visit the websites of the concerned bureaux/departments/statutory organisations for matters relating to the application for quota for importation of labour, (including the coverage of posts under the schemes, requirements on the qualification and work experience of the imported labour, details of regulations relating to workplace(s), etc), notification of termination of contract prior to its expiry and application for replacement of imported labour, etc.

Title of the scheme for specific sectors	Contact of concerned bureau/department/ statutory organisation	Website of the concerned bureau/department/ statutory organisation
Labour Importation Scheme for the Construction Sector	Development Bureau (Works Policies 1 Section) Telephone: 3199 7128 Fax: 2882 7152 Address: 15/F, West Wing, Central Government Offices, 2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong	www.devb.gov.hk
Labour Importation Scheme for the Transport Sector - Aviation Industry	Airport Operations and Facilities Planning Department, Airport Authority Hong Kong Telephone: 2188 6603 Fax: 2182 9160 Address: HKIA Tower, 1 Sky Plaza Road, Hong Kong International Airport, Lantau, Hong Kong	www.tlb.gov.hk
Labour Importation Scheme for the Transport Sector - Public Light Bus/Coach Trade	The Secretariat for the Labour Importation Scheme, Transport Department Telephone: 2804 2600 Fax: 2824 0433 Address: 10/F, South Tower, West Kowloon Government Offices, 11 Hoi Ting Toad, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon	www.td.gov.hk

Reference Number of Documents

Documents	Labour Importation Scheme for the Construction Sector	Labour Importation Scheme for the Transport Sector - Aviation Industry	Labour Importation Scheme for the Transport Sector - Public Light Bus/ Coach Trade
Standard Employment Contract	DEVB-CSS-16_e	LIS(A)-5	TD-ID-16
Notice of Quota Application Result/ Quota Allocation Result Notification Letter/ Notice of Quota Approval	DEVB-CSS-8_e	LIS(A)-4	TD-ID-8
Notice of Termination of Employment Contract	DEVB-CSS-18_e	LIS(A)-2d	TD-ID-18
Notice of Application Result for Replacement of Imported Labour/ Notification Letter for Replacement of Imported Labour Application Result	DEVB- CSS-18a_e	AA/LIS	TD-ID-18b
Declaration and Authorisation Form	DEVB-CSS-8c-1	LIS(A)-2b-1	TD-ID-8b1
Joint Declaration Form on Importing Labour/Workers from the Mainland to Hong Kong Special Administrative Region	DEVB-CSS-8c-2	LIS(A)-2b-2	TD-ID-8b2

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