Two Hong Kong employers have lost their right to import workers after the Labour Department found one had submitted false recruitment records.
The Labour Department announced on October 12, 2026 that it had imposed an administrative sanction on Shengshi Investment Management Co, Limited and Ho Fu Kee Noodles (Tsuen Wan) Limited. Both companies had been seeking to import dishwashers under the Enhanced Supplementary Labour Scheme (ESLS), which requires employers to give priority to employing suitable local workers.
Neither company did.
Upon investigation, the department established that Shengshi Investment Management had imposed additional recruitment terms without the department's approval, provided false local recruitment results, and failed to employ a qualified job seeker without reasonable excuse.
Ho Fu Kee Noodles' breach was narrower: it failed to employ a qualified job seeker without reasonable excuse.
The false local recruitment results are the detail that jumps out. Both companies failed to hire a qualified local candidate, but Shengshi Investment Management went further - it submitted recruitment results to the department that, according to the investigation, were simply not true.
The department terminated the processing of all pending ESLS applications from both companies with immediate effect. It also barred both from submitting any new applications under the scheme for a period of two years.
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