Compared to September 2008, at the onset of the global financial meltdown, the ranks of the unemployed were up by 197,000 this September. The 45-64 age group was hit the hardest, with the number of jobless up by 70 %.
和去年 9 月全球金融風暴初起時相較，今年 9 月的失業人數大幅增加了 19 萬 7,000 人，尤以 45 ~ 64 歲這個年齡層受害最深，失業人數較去年同期暴增 70 %。