The number of unemployed dropped by 13,500 to 244,300, while underemployed numbers also fell by around 14,900 to 133,100. Hong Kong jobless rate slid by 0.1 percentage points to 6.3 percent in the September-November period, data from the Census and Statistics Department showed. The underemployment rate fell from 3.8 percent in August-October to 3.4 percent in September-November 2020. The unemployment rate of the consumption- and tourism-related sectors combined declined somewhat by 1.1 percentage points from August-October to 10.1 percent in September-November. Among these sectors, the unemployment rate for food and beverage service activities fell from 14.8 percnet to 13.1 percent.

Source: The Standard December 17, 2020 09:56 UTC