UPDATE 1-Hong Kong unemployment rate hits highest in more than 9 years <!-- no image --> <div>Hong Kong's unemployment rate rose to the highest in more than nine years in the first quarter as the coronavirus dealt a sharp shock to an economy already in recession.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=C7JIlnAyCd8:WYDQiHa-9Ik:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=C7JIlnAyCd8:WYDQiHa-9Ik:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=C7JIlnAyCd8:WYDQiHa-9Ik:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=C7JIlnAyCd8:WYDQiHa-9Ik:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=C7JIlnAyCd8:WYDQiHa-9Ik:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/C7JIlnAyCd8" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters