Hong Kong's jobless rate drops, first time in four years to less than 3 per cent

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Hong Kong’s unemployment declined to 2.9 per cent between April and June, this year. This made it the first time in the last four years that the jobless rate would be down below 3 per cent.

Figures from the Census and Statistics Department released on Tuesday revealed that the rolling total was down 0.1 percentage points from March to May.

The coronavirus outbreak had a huge impact on the economy until the city removed all Covid-19 restrictions in February. The recent good news about the city's fall in the jobless rate indicates the return to full employment.

Ho Kai-ming, the acting labour and welfare secretary, said "The labour market should improve further in the coming months as the economic month's recovery gathers further strength".

香港失業率四年來首度降至3%以下

今年 4 月至 6 月期間，香港的失業率下降至 2.9%。 這使得失業率在過去四年中首次降至 3% 以下。

政府統計處週二公佈的數據顯示，3月至5月的滾動總數下降0.1個百分點。

冠狀病毒的爆發對經濟產生了巨大影響，直到該市於 2 月取消了所有 Covid-19 限制。 近期失業率下降的好消息預示著充分就業的回歸。

代理勞工及福利局局長何啟明表示，「隨著經濟幾個月的復甦進一步加強，勞動力市場在未來幾個月應該會進一步改善」。