Hong Kong’s finance chief is expecting the city’s economy to improve in the third quarter. Photo: AFP Hong Kong’s finance chief is expecting the city’s economy to improve in the third quarter. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong’s finance chief is expecting the city’s economy to improve in the third quarter. Photo: AFP

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Hong Kong /  Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong financial chief predicts growth in mainland China will lift local economy in third quarter; six new Covid-19 cases confirmed

  • Returning momentum in mainland economy will have knock-on effect in financial hub, minister Paul Chan predicts
  • But any recovery will depend on how well Hong Kong can maintain its success in containing the pandemic, he says

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
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Gigi Choy and Phila Siu

Updated: 11:17pm, 25 Oct, 2020

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Hong Kong’s finance chief is expecting the city’s economy to improve in the third quarter. Photo: AFP Hong Kong’s finance chief is expecting the city’s economy to improve in the third quarter. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong’s finance chief is expecting the city’s economy to improve in the third quarter. Photo: AFP
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