225,000 CSSA cases were recorded in September, unemployment category rose 1.4% to 19,000

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Written by: Huang Yongyu

2020-10-20 18:52

Last update date: 2020-10-20 18:52

The unemployment rate rose to 6.4% in the latest quarter. The Social Welfare Department today (20th) released the latest number of CSSA recipients. The total number of CSSA recipients in September fell by 232 compared with August, a month-on-month decrease of 0.1%, and the total number of cases was 225,958. Zong.

The unemployment category increased by 1.4% to 19,024.

The SWD stated that the total number of CSSA recipients at the end of September was 225,000, and the total number of recipients was 318,000.

In terms of case types, the number of cases in the unemployment category increased by 1.4% to 19,024, an increase of approximately 57.2% over the same period last year.

In terms of low-income cases, the monthly decrease was 3.5%, with 2,639 cases; single-parent cases fell by 0.6%, with 24,758 cases; elderly cases fell by 0.3%, with 132,379 cases; poor health cases increased by 0.6%. There were 25,669 cases; permanent disability cases rose by 0.3% to 17,348 cases.

226,000 CSSA cases were recorded in August, unemployment category rose 2.1% to 18,700

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Unemployment rate reaches 5.9%. In May, 18,000 unemployment cases on CSSA were recorded.

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