Upgrade Yourself With Education Subsidy, Says Law

The Secretary for Labour and Welfare Law Chi-kwong is encouraging people to make use of a bigger education subsidy available starting this month to "upgrade" themselves with new skills and knowledge.

Applicants can now get HK$20,000 up from the previous HK$10,000, after the government injected an extra HK$10 billion into the Continuing Education Fund last year.

The age limit has also been raised from 65 to 70.

Writing on his blog, Law said applicants can now use the subsidy to fund a wider range of courses – with more than 4,000 added to the list.

The secretary said some jobs may disappear in future with the development of artificial intelligence, and the fund is one of the government's core measures to provide support for workers to meet the transition.