Hong Kong’s retail sales in October surged 12 per cent year on year, marking the ninth straight month of a rebound, as the government’s HK$36 billion (US$4.6 billion) electronic consumption voucher scheme continued to sustain the recovery.Provisional figures released by the Census and Statistics Department on Tuesday showed October sales jumped to HK$30.7 billion. For the first 10 months of 2021, total retail sales grew 8.5 per cent compared with a year ago.A government spokesman said the…
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