ASEAN INTERNSHIP SCHEME FOR HONG KONG HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS

Greetings from Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) in Singapore, the HKSAR Government's overseas office covering Singapore, Vietnam, Laos and India.

Invitations are now extended to HKBAV corporate members to provide internship opportunities for HK university students in the summer of 2024 in Vietnam.

By way of background, the scheme was launched in 2014 to provide overseas internship opportunities for students of 11 HK tertiary institutions (8 govt-funded universities + 2 private universities + HK Academy of Performing Arts) to widen their horizons while cultivating them as "ambassadors" to strengthen HK-ASEAN bilateral ties. To date, over 860 students have joined the scheme in the past years, interning in three Economic and Trade Offices (Singapore, Bangkok and Jakarta), APEC Secretariat, and various private companies in the fields of aviation, port, finance, law, education, MICE etc.

We would like to know if any HKBAV corporate member is interested to provide summer internship opportunities for HK students, to tap the young generation's fresh ideas, identify potential talents to assist in your future dual expansion in SEA or GBA (Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area) while serving the meaningful purpose of grooming our young generation. Pls find a presentation deck of the scheme:

https://www.hketosin.gov.hk/assets/key-info/key-information-document_2024.pdf

Some key features of the internship scheme:

• We will broadcast your internship opportunities to all 11 HK institutions, to reach both local and international students pursuing a wide range of academic disciplines in undergraduate or postgraduate studies. As HK is one of the education hubs with five universities ranking among the global's top 100, you may source the best talents.
• The students together with their universities will handle the logistics themselves including work visa, air tickets, accommodation, insurance, so on employers' end, the administrative work is minimized. Honorarium for student interns is optional.
• Internship period: The summer vacation of HK universities generally runs from end-May to August. Generally, we expect at least 6-10 week physical internship in the overseas country (not virtual internship where interns stay in HK entirely). You can state a longer period if you wish. Exact reporting period to be discussed between employer and selected interns.
• Timeline: We expect the universities to send the applications of interested students and their CVs to companies by Jan 17, after which the selection/interview process can start. Offers are expected to be made by Feb 26, by notifying the universities (not selected interns, as universities have some procedures to go through) .You can find the implementation timeline on P. 7 of the presentation deck.

Should you or your corporate members be interested to join, kindly fill in the online Job Description form below by Dec 4, 2023.

Job Description form:
https://forms.gle/k76UZB9hem9DUnFJA

Thanks for looking into this collaboration. Any questions, Please contact Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Singapore via this email: hketo_sin@hketosin.gov.hk  

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