HONG KONG (Reuters): The 'depth of the devastation'inflicted on Hong Kong's economy by more than six months of anti-government protests will be seen in the coming weeks, the chief of the city's stock exchange operator said on Thursday (Jan 9).
HONG KONG : The"depth of the devastation"inflicted on Hong Kong's economy by more than six months of anti-government protests will be seen in the coming weeks, the chief of the city's stock exchange operator said on Thursday .
HKEX itself posted its steepest profit slide in nearly three years in the third quarter, as investor sentiment was hit by months of unrest that pushed the city into recession for the first time in a decade. Beijing denies interference in the former British colony and blames the West for fomenting the unrest.
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