All the gigs are gone: Hong Kong freelancers, casual workers feel bypassed for subsidies as coronavirus pandemic batters economy

Jan Chick has been a freelance make-up stylist for the past 10 years, and she is usually busiest in May because of Hong Kong’s wedding season.But the Covid-19 pandemic made her jobs dry up, and now the brides are gone too.“This is the worst time ever. All the jobs related to weddings have been cancelled,” said the 47-year-old, who also teaches make-up, but had to stop her classes as well.Chick is among about 700,000 people who make up Hong Kong’s so-called gig economy. Not permanently employed,…

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