Chen Maobo, director of the Hong Kong Financial Secretary, believes that Hong Kong's property prices fell 3%in the first half of the year, but they were still in a stable situation.
According to Hong Kong 01, Chen Maobo said on the radio program on Sunday (August 21) that the primary work to reduce the gap between the rich and the poor in Hong Kong is to solve the problem of housing.
Chen Maobo also pointed out that compared with the situation three months ago, the unemployment rate in Hong Kong has now fallen, and it is believed that if the epidemic continues to control, the unemployment rate will continue to fall, but it may not fall very much.quick.
Official data show that the unemployment rate in Hong Kong has fallen from 5.4%from February to April this year to 4.3%from May to July.
Chen Maobo said that he understood that some citizens had poor income and said that the government would provide assistance through short -term measures.
Chen Maobo also wrote on the blog on Sunday that although the Hong Kong Government had previously reduced the forecast of economic growth this year to 0.5%to 0.5%, considering that the economy has shrunk by 2.6%in the first half of the year, this is 2.6%. This is 2.6%. This is 2.6%.It also means that under the rough control of the epidemic, the economic activities in the second half of the year are expected to recover, and the Hong Kong economy is still quite tough.
