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Sun, 02 May 2021 14:22   Rachel Yeo,Zoe Low

Coronavirus: ‘considerable growth’ expected for Hong Kong in first quarter, but pandemic will still be spectre over economic recovery

Hong Kong’s economy experienced “considerable growth” in the first quarter of the year but the Covid-19 pandemic will still be a hurdle on the path to recovery, the finance chief has warned.Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po also wrote in his official blog on Sunday that Hongkongers should actively join the government’s vaccination programme, which was aimed at helping the city’s economy reboot.The government launched a “vaccine bubble” scheme on Thursday, allowing party rooms, nightclubs,…

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