Hong Kong urged to issue more bonds and dip into reserves to tackle deficit
[South China Morning Post] - 01/9/2025
University of Hong Kong’s Business School says government can afford to issue more bonds and ‘moderately’ reduce reserve levels to tackle HK$100 billion deficit.
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