The preliminary GDP shrank 2.9% in the third quarter year on year, the slowest in a decade. On the other hand, fresh data had shown the number of tourists visiting Hong Kong plunged 34.2% in September year on year largely because of the protests. The government has rolled out relief measures worth more than HK$21 billion in the past 3 months to counter economic woes. Hong Kong’s unemployment rate is 2.9% in the third quarter, the highest since the first quarter of 2018.