A man sits alone in the deserted nightlife district of Lan Kwai Fong in Hong Kong on April 2. Photo: Dickson Lee
Opinion
Opinion
Outside In by David Dodwell
The data on global coronavirus-related trade and job losses is grim, but the worst is yet to come
The ILO estimates 6.7 per cent of working hours, or 195 million full-time jobs, will be lost worldwide in the second quarter of the year. This is why so many governments, including in Hong Kong, have taken radical steps to support workers