Hong Kong's jobless rate rises to 9-month high of 5 per cent

Hong Kong's jobless rate rises to 9-month high of 5 per cent as social-distancing curbs put job market under 'severe pressure'

Rolling three-month figure from January to March up 0.5 percentage points amid city’s tough social-distancing restrictions, with 26,900 more people losing their jobs.

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