A job-seeker at the Hong Kong Labour Department’s Recruitment Centre for the Retail Industry in Wan Chai on March 16. Photo: Nora Tam
A job-seeker at the Hong Kong Labour Department’s Recruitment Centre for the Retail Industry in Wan Chai on March 16. Photo: Nora Tam
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Letters | Bad idea to offer loans when jobs are hard to come by in Hong Kong

  • Government-backed loans do not address the uncertainty over whether the unemployed will find steady work again soon as the economy falters

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Updated: 6:30am, 29 Mar, 2021

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A job-seeker at the Hong Kong Labour Department’s Recruitment Centre for the Retail Industry in Wan Chai on March 16. Photo: Nora Tam
A job-seeker at the Hong Kong Labour Department’s Recruitment Centre for the Retail Industry in Wan Chai on March 16. Photo: Nora Tam
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