Coronavirus: with higher unemployment figures on the horizon, Hong Kong businesses are bracing for a gloomy start to 2021

Unemployment in Hong Kong is poised to hit new highs amid the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic, with various industry leaders predicting a gloomier economic outlook for the year and the city’s catering sector bracing for its jobless rate to reach as…

Unemployment in Hong Kong is poised to hit new highs amid the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic, with various industry leaders predicting a gloomier economic outlook for the year and the city’s catering sector bracing for its jobless rate to reach as high as 18 per cent.Monday’s bleak forecasts came a day after Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po warned that the unemployment rate between October and December last year would surpass the current 16-year-high of 6.4 per cent – representing…

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