HONG KONG, March 16 (Xinhua): Hong Kong's jobless rate climbed to the highest level since 2004 during the past three months due to the COVID-19 impact, official data showed Tuesday.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 7.2 percent during the December-February period, up from 7 percent registered for the previous comparable time ending January, according to a statement of the Census and Statistics Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government.
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