The unemployment rate in Hong Kong soared to 5.4%, hitting a ten-month high and the number of unemployed exceeded 200,000

[$10,000 Temporary Unemployment Support/Unemployment Benefit/Unemployment Benefit Result/Job Help/Employment Guarantee 2022/Application Eligibility] The fifth wave of the epidemic broke out at the beginning of the year, which hit all walks of life in Hong Kong hard, and the unemployment rate in Hong Kong rose for three consecutive months.

According to the latest employment data released by the Census and Statistics Department today (19th), the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate from February to April this year, that is, in the fifth wave cycle, was 5.4%, a sharp increase of 0.4% from the unemployment rate from January to March. Percentage points, the latest about 2.061 million people lost their jobs.

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The unemployment rate in Hong Kong continued to deteriorate.

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Law Chi-kwong, Secretary for Labour and Welfare, said the labour market should improve in the coming months.

The subsidence of the local epidemic and the gradual relaxation of social distancing measures, coupled with a new round of consumer voucher programs, should support businesses in consumption-related industries, thereby helping employment in these industries.

Secretary for Labour and Welfare Law Chi-kwong (file photo)

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