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- Statutory Minimum Wage (SMW) Increase Confirmed: The government announced today that the SMW will rise from $42.1 to $43.1 per hour.
- Timeline: The notice will be gazetted on February 20 and is expected to take effect on May 1, 2026.
- Record-Keeping Change: The monthly monetary cap for record-keeping will also increase to $17,600 (up from $17,200).
- HKBU Journalism Fellowship (PJF) Opens Today: Applications for the 5th cohort of the Professional Journalism Fellowship started today. Full-time journalists with at least 5 years of experience can apply for a stipend to study at HKBU as full-time students for up to two semesters.
- Mandatory Briefing for Imported Care-Workers: Today marks the first of two critical briefing dates (the next is Feb 27) for imported residential care workers. Employers who missed today's registration or failed to send their staff face a one-year moratorium on future labor import applications.