Hong Kong posts strongest quarterly economic growth in almost 5 years at 5.9%

Hong Kong has recorded its fastest quarterly economic growth in nearly five years, hitting 5.9 per cent, driven by private consumption and government spending despite the war in the Middle East. The first-quarter growth outpaced the 4 per cent rise in the fourth quarter of last year, according to an advance estimate released by the Census and Statistics Department on Tuesday. The 5.9 per cent year