| Job hunters check job information during a job fair in Hong Kong, south China, Mar. 11, 2009. The job fair was held by the Labour Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government, offering more than 7,000 vacancies in 80 firms. Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) John Tsang announced in February in the annual Budget initiatives that will spend about 1.6 billion HK dollars (206 million U.S. dollars) creating about 62,000 jobs and internship opportunities for Hong Kong people and university graduates. The unemployment rate in Hong Kong rose to 4.6 percent in the November to January period, up from 4.1 percent of the previous quarter, official figures released in February indicated. [Xinhua] |
