Businesses have been hit hard by the coronavirus crisis and ongoing civil unrest. Photo: Dickson Lee Businesses have been hit hard by the coronavirus crisis and ongoing civil unrest. Photo: Dickson Lee
Businesses have been hit hard by the coronavirus crisis and ongoing civil unrest. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong /  Health & Environment

Coronavirus impact on Hong Kong economy could be more severe than 2003’s Sars, finance chief warns

  • Financial Secretary Paul Chan says city is now more reliant on tourism, which has been severely hammered by health crisis, on top of ongoing civil unrest
  • He adds that coming unemployment rate will surpass that of last quarter

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Lilian Cheng
Lilian Cheng

Updated: 11:42pm, 9 Feb, 2020

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Businesses have been hit hard by the coronavirus crisis and ongoing civil unrest. Photo: Dickson Lee Businesses have been hit hard by the coronavirus crisis and ongoing civil unrest. Photo: Dickson Lee
Businesses have been hit hard by the coronavirus crisis and ongoing civil unrest. Photo: Dickson Lee
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