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Unemployment rate|The latest unemployment rate rose to 7%, about 253,300 people were unemployed, a record high in 17 years

2021-02-18T08:43:47.889Z


The new crown pneumonia epidemic has slowed down, and Hong Kong has gradually relaxed its anti-epidemic measures. All walks of life are waiting for prosperity. The government announced the latest unemployment rate today (18th). The unemployment rate from November 2020 to January 2021 rose to 7%, which is higher than the previous period (


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Written by: Yuan Shu Huang Yongyu

2021-02-18 16:33

The last update date: 2021-02-18 16:33

The new crown pneumonia epidemic has slowed down, and Hong Kong has gradually relaxed its anti-epidemic measures. All walks of life are waiting for prosperity.

The government announced the latest unemployment rate today (18th). The unemployment rate from November 2020 to January 2021 rose to 7%, a 0.4% increase from the previous period (October to December), a record high in nearly 17 years. The latest 253,300 people are unemployed.

The government announced last month that the unemployment rate from October to December was 6.6%, and the number of unemployed exceeded 240,000.

(Profile picture / Photo by Liang Pengwei)

▼The epidemic slows down on the seventh day of the year (February 18), conditions for social distancing measures are relaxed ▼

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The highest unemployment rate during SARS was 8.7%

However, the latest unemployment rate has not yet reached the highest level of SARS.

Looking through the data, Hong Kong’s unemployment rate was hit hard by the SARS epidemic in 2003. The unemployment rate in Hong Kong was 7.9%. From May to July, the unemployment rate in Hong Kong hit a record high of 8.7%, and the number of unemployed people exceeded 300,000.

The Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Law Chi Kwong.

(Data Picture/Photo by Liang Pengwei)

Luo Zhiguang: Unemployment rate is not a short-term fall, such as discussing unemployment assistance should be stopped and the MPF hedging should be cancelled

CNCBI: The Mainland's GDP is expected to grow by 8.7% in 2021. The unemployment rate in Hong Kong will rise in the next two months

According to a survey by the Federation of Social Affairs, nearly 40% of unemployed households are trapped in poverty. The unemployment rate of middle-level education breaks 8%.

Chamber of Commerce Leung Siu Kee: Fearing that the company may "unable to hold it" and cause bankruptcy or layoffs, the unemployment rate may rise to 7%

Interview | Hong Kong's unemployment rate hits 16-year high Chen Jiaqiang expects the worst is not past

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New crown pneumonia unemployment rate Luo Zhiguang

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