The Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Mr Chan Mao-po, attended a meeting of the Legislative Council Panel on Financial Affairs today (3rd) to give a briefing on the latest state of Hong Kong's overall economy. Chen Maobo said that Hong Kong's economy grew moderately by 2.7% year-on-year in the first quarter of this year, which is the fifth consecutive quarter of positive growth. He pointed out that the number of visitors to Hong Kong increased to nearly 11.23 million in the first quarter. Thanks to the continued recovery in the number of visitors to Hong Kong, service exports remained an important driving force for economic growth in the first quarter, with a significant year-on-year increase of 8.4%.
今年第一季度香港经济按年增长2.7%
Hong Kong's economy grew 2.7% year-on-year in the first quarter of this year
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