Hong Kong economy grows 7.9 per cent in first quarter, higher than projected

Hong Kong’s economy expanded by 7.9 per cent in the first three months of 2021, according to finalised data that confirms the city’s biggest jump in quarterly growth in 11 years.The strong performance brought the city’s recession to an end and prompted a government economist to predict the full-year figure would be at the upper end of the official forecast.The updated year-on-year figure released by the Census and Statistics Department on Friday was slightly higher than the 7.8 per cent…

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