{"id":114039,"date":"2020-02-03T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T04:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/four-in-10-hong-kong-hotel-staff-may-lose-jobs-as-coronavirus-outbreak-deters-the-few-remaining-visitors-still-braving-the-citys-protest-rallies\/"},"modified":"2020-02-03T12:14:57","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T05:14:57","slug":"four-in-10-hong-kong-hotel-staff-may-lose-jobs-as-coronavirus-outbreak-deters-the-few-remaining-visitors-still-braving-the-citys-protest-rallies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/four-in-10-hong-kong-hotel-staff-may-lose-jobs-as-coronavirus-outbreak-deters-the-few-remaining-visitors-still-braving-the-citys-protest-rallies\/","title":{"rendered":"Four in 10 Hong Kong hotel staff may lose jobs as coronavirus outbreak deters the few remaining visitors still braving the city\u2019s protest rallies"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFour in 10 of Hong Kong\u2019s hotel staff may lose their jobs in the coming months, as travel restrictions against the coronavirus outbreak could become the final nail for an industry that is already struggling from shrinking tourism after nearly eight months of anti-government protests.The unemployment rate in the industry, which employed 44,500 people in the city as of the end of 2019, could soar to 40 per cent, said Edwin Leong Siu-hung, founder of property developer Tai Hung Fai Enterprises,\u2026
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
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