HONG KONG - The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 2.9 percent from December 2017 to February 2018, the same as that from November 2017 to January 2018, official statistics showed on Monday.Total employment number rose by around 10,300 from 3.86 million in the period from November 2017 to January 2018 to 3.87 million in the period from December 2017 to February 2018, according to the Census and Statistics Department of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government.Over the same period, the labor force also rose by around 10,600 from 3.97 million to 3.98 million.Law Chi-kwong, the HKSAR government's Secretary for Labor and Welfare, said labor market conditions remained favorable.The unemployment situation continued to show notable year-on-year improvement across many service sectors, particularly so for tourism-related industries such as retail and accommodation services amid the further recovery in inbound tourism, he said.On large-scale job fairs, the Mong Kok Job Expo -- Building a Multi-culture Workplace will be held for job seekers with diversified cultural backgrounds at the MacPherson Stadium on March 21 and 22. The Kowloon East Job Fair will be held from May 15 to 17 at the Yau Tong Community Hall.In addition, industry-based or district-based job fairs are regularly organized at various job centers. wristbandmotivational wristbands for athletestrio spinnerscustom printed wristbandsglow wristbandscheap rubber wristbandsmake your own rubber braceletcheap silicone wristbands24hourwristbands
An 89-year-old man has rescued a 83-year-old woman, who fell into a river, the Nanjing-based Modern Express reported. Xu Liangda lives in a residential quarter in Huangtu town, Jiangyin city, Jiangsu province. Early in the morning, he was walking along the river in the residential quarter to the public toilet. He noticed a woman washing her sleeping mat by the riverside. But on his way back, he could only see a plastic bucket by the riverside. There was no sign of the woman. He quickly searched the area for her. He then spotted the woman in the river. "After a struggle, she got her face out of the water and was gasping for breath and shouting 'help'," Xu recalled. "I couldn't reach her, I told her not to panic and try to get close to the river bank." Xu was eventually able to grab her foot and pull her slowly back to the bank. Xu Jun, 47, witnessed the last moments of the rescue. "I was walking the dog around the neighborhood and saw an old man pulling an old lady in the river." He quickly ran over to the bank and helped carry her out of the water, before contacting the woman's son. The woman surnamed Pan, 83, said she had breathed in a lot of water and asked her son to take her to hospital. Pan said she was washing her sleeping mat by the riverside when suddenly she leaned forward and fell into the water headfirst. "I would have been in danger, if Xu Liangda had not arrived in time." Pan and her son are both grateful to Xu Liangda and Xu Jun. When asked if he ever considered his own safety, Xu Liangda smiled and said: "I never thought too much, and only wanted to save people."
