Hong Kong jobless rate unchanged at 3.8% on back of ‘solid’ economic expansion

Hong Kong’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.8 per cent over the past three months, although both the labour force and total employment fell slightly. Preliminary data released by the Census and Statistics Department on Tuesday showed that movements in the unemployment and underemployment rates in different sectors varied in the September to November period, but the changes were not large. The underemployment rate also remained unchanged at 1.6 per cent. The jobless rate remains at its...