The latest unemployment rate of 4.3% dropped from an 8-month to 19-month low, but the decline slowed

The unemployment rate in Hong Kong has fallen further. According to the statistics on unemployment and underemployment from August to October released by the Census and Statistics Department today (16th), the unemployment rate dropped another 0.2 percentage point to 4.3%, an eight-month consecutive decline from January to 2020. The lowest level since March, but more than 171,000 people are still unemployed, and the underemployment rate has dropped from 2.1% in July to September to 1.9%.

The unemployment rate in Hong Kong fell further.

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Director of the Bureau of Labor and Welfare, Luo Zhiguang (information picture)

▼ 10.3 The situation of Kwun Tong on the 3rd day of the second phase of coupon distribution▼

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▼ 10.6 A group of grassroots citizens watch Chief Executive Carrie Lam announce the policy address 2021▼

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The latest unemployment rate of 4.5% fell for 7 consecutive months. More than 180,000 people were working. 65-year-old clerks became unemployed and complained about the government’s "bad head" system. Age discrimination: experience is useless. Two months after the Federation of Trade Unions urged to send another consumer voucher leader. Unemployed want to turn over with a gambling. Three months of debts will be sold to his girlfriend: there is no chance of unemployment loans. The Hong Kong government extends the application period until the end of April next year. A total of 2.1 billion yuan was approved to be unemployed for 9 months and dozens of application letters were unanswered.