A woman in a mask walks past a row of closed shops on Ashley Road in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: Nora Tam
A woman in a mask walks past a row of closed shops on Ashley Road in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong /  Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong fourth wave: jobless rate hits new 16-year high of 6.6 per cent with city deep in coronavirus fight

  • Number of Hongkongers out of work nears 250,000, as quarterly unemployment rate rises by 0.3 percentage points
  • Labour minister observes marked increases in unemployment across retail, hotel and food sectors, which have borne the brunt of city’s fourth wave

Cannix YauDenise Tsang
Cannix Yau and Denise Tsang

Updated: 11:43pm, 19 Jan, 2021

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A woman in a mask walks past a row of closed shops on Ashley Road in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: Nora Tam
A woman in a mask walks past a row of closed shops on Ashley Road in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: Nora Tam
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