The unemployment rate in Hong Kong has fallen for nine consecutive months, and returns to the initial level of the crown disease.
Comprehensive Ming Pao and the online media "Hong Kong 01" reported that the latest labor population statistics published by the Hong Kong Government Statistics Office on Thursday (February 16), the unemployment rate after seasonal adjustment is from October to 12 last year to 12 last year3.5%of the month fell to 3.4%from November last year to January this year.3.4%is the level from November 2019 to January 2020, that is, before the epidemic to the early stages of the epidemic.
The Statistics Department reported that the employment rate also fell from 1.5%from October to December last year to 1.4%from November last year to January last year.
According to reports, the total number of employment in Hong Kong from October to December last year fell to 3.666200 people from November last year to January last year, a decrease of about 3,100.During the same period, the total labor population also fell from 3.79 million to 3.78 million 600, a decrease of about 10,700.
The notification said that the number of unemployed people (without seasonal adjustment) fell from 126,000 people from October to December last year to 118,400 people from November last year to January last year, a decrease of about 7,600EssenceIn the same period, the number of less employment also fell from 55,300 to 52,100, a decrease of about 3,200.
Sun Yuzheng, director of the Hong Kong Labor and Welfare Bureau, commented on the latest unemployment figures: "The unemployment and insufficient employment continued to improve. As economic activities gradually recovered from the epidemic, and Hong Kong and the mainland resumed a full customs clearance,Entry tourism rebounds, and the situation of the labor market should be further improved in the next few months. "
