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HK's unemployment rate edges up to 3.9pc

Hong Kong's jobless rate increased slightly to 3.9 percent between July and September, but the government expressed optimism that economic expansion and rising visitor arrivals would support local employment. Figures released by the Census and Statistics Department on Thursday showed the unemployment rate edged up by 0.1 percentage point from the June-to-August period. The underemployment rate…

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