Not a major role in Hong Kong currently, as only private elderly care services can import non-local workers (Legislative Council Secretariat, 2019, August 16). The Labour Department has rolled out the Supplementary Labour Scheme (SLS) for employers to import workers when they are unable to find suitable staff locally. A total of 1,383 elderly care workers came in under the programme in 2016. A total of 1,510 imported care workers (mainly from mainland China) were working as care workers in private Residential Care Homes in 2017-2018. The Government is considering the possibility of increasing flexibility to import care workers for subsidised elderly care services as well (The Government of the Hong Kong SAR, 2019, April 3).

References:

Legislative Council Secretariat. (2019, August 16). Supplementary Labour Scheme. Retrieved from https://www.legco.gov.hk/research-publications/english/1819issh29-supplementary-labour-scheme-20190816-e.pdf.

The Government of the Hong Kong SAR. (2019, April 3). LCQ8: Manpower situation of the elderly service sector [Press release]. Retrieved from https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201904/03/P2019040300679.htm