Hong Kong’s July-September unemployment eases to 3.9%

HONG Kong’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate eased to 3.9 per cent in the July-September quarter, improving for the fifth consecutive period as economic activities revive in an easing Covid situation with support from a consumption voucher scheme, the government said on Thursday (Oct 20).

In the June-August period, the unemployment rate stood at 4.1 per cent.

“The labour market outlook will depend on the extent of further revival of domestic economic activities,” the government said. REUTERS