Hong Kong jobless rate ‘could persist as uncertain economy, AI reshape market’

By Lam Ka-Sing

Hong Kong jobless rate ‘could persist as uncertain economy, AI reshape market’

Simon Leung, an experienced event coordinator in the social work sector, has been unemployed for nearly 18 months and said he would settle for a job as a security guard or a mooncake production assistant in Hong Kong.
The jobseeker, who holds a civil engineering degree from Queen’s University in Canada, has been surviving as a gig worker after working for a non-governmental organisation.
“As the government’s budget for NGOs was cut by 7 per cent, my contract was not renewed when the financial…

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