HONG KONG - The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 2.9 percent from December 2017 to February 2018, the same as that from November 2017 to January 2018, official statistics showed on Monday.Total employment number rose by around 10,300 from 3.86 million in the period from November 2017 to January 2018 to 3.87 million in the period from December 2017 to February 2018, according to the Census and Statistics Department of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government.Over the same period, the labor force also rose by around 10,600 from 3.97 million to 3.98 million.Law Chi-kwong, the HKSAR government's Secretary for Labor and Welfare, said labor market conditions remained favorable.The unemployment situation continued to show notable year-on-year improvement across many service sectors, particularly so for tourism-related industries such as retail and accommodation services amid the further recovery in inbound tourism, he said.On large-scale job fairs, the Mong Kok Job Expo -- Building a Multi-culture Workplace will be held for job seekers with diversified cultural backgrounds at the MacPherson Stadium on March 21 and 22. The Kowloon East Job Fair will be held from May 15 to 17 at the Yau Tong Community Hall.In addition, industry-based or district-based job fairs are regularly organized at various job centers. silicone bracelets ukblack rubber wristbandscool wristbandsrubber bracelets custom cheap24 wristbands
PHNOM PENH - China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and Cambodia still have huge room for growth in trade and investment, a HKSAR's top economic official said here on Tuesday.Trade volume between HKSAR and Cambodia rose to $1.2 billion in 2017, an average increase of 3.1 percent a year since 2013. On the investment side, HKSAR had invested about $1.33 billion in 257 projects in Cambodia in the last two decades.The current $1.2 billion volume of trade in goods is just a humble sum that stands a high chance of expansion, especially if our trading relationship prospers in the areas of mutual investment and professional services, Edward Yau, HKSAR's Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, said in a speech during a Luncheon Seminar.The seminar was attended by approximately 300 HKSAR and Cambodian business people and officials.Hong Kong and Cambodia are much closer than we thought and together we could foster an even closer economic and trade relationship, he said.Yau, who led a 48-strong HKSAR delegation of businessmen and professionals, arrived in Cambodia on Monday, the first leg of their two-nation tour, which will also bring them to Vietnam.The mission was the first of its kind to Southeast Asia since HKSAR signed a free trade agreement and a related investment agreement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in November last year.
