9:00am-10:00am: Labour shortages in HK 9:00am-10:00am: BH - Terence Mang, President of Hong Kong Institute of Construction Managers 9:00am-10:00am: Phone - Roy Ying, Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management's advocacy and policy research committee 9:15am-9:30am: Phone - Howie Wong, Vice-Chairman of Hong Kong Federation of Restaurants & Related Trades 9:15am-9:45am: Phone - Lam Chun Sing, lawmaker from the Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions On Friday's Backchat we're looking plans to import more staff to tackle labour shortages Speaking in the Legislative Council on Wednesday, the labour secretary says the government could import builders and transport workers in a similar way to how non-local carers will soon be brought into Hong Kong. Chris Sun says there are serious labour shortages in the construction and transportation industries, and officials will come up with proposals in the next few months. Catering sector lawmaker, Tommy Cheung, also says Hong Kong has an acute need to import workers, especially in the hospitality trade. How serious is labour shortage in the construction industry? And what impact will importing more labour have on the local workforce? We'll be speaking to our panel of experts to find out more. Let us know what you think on our Facebook page, Backchat on RTHK Radio 3, email us at backchat@rthk.hk , or give us a call on 233 88 266.