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Covid-19 pandemic clouds future for Hong Kong’s university Class of 2020

SCMP, 23 Jun 2020
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Facing a dwindling number of graduate jobs and a shrinking global economy, Hong Kong’s university graduates in the Class of 2020 face an uncertain future amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The prospect of years of hardship after graduation has some considering their options for a change of career plans.Hong Kong’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 5.9 per cent in the period between March and May of 2020, the worst level recorded in more than 15 years, according to the city’s Census and Statistics Department.

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